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Donald Trump is on his way back to the US after attending the NATO summit in The Hague.

The US president answered quickfire questions from the world's media during a news conference before he left. 

Here's what he said:

• Trump hailed US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, which he said had "reasserted the credibility of American deterrence", adding that "no other military on Earth could have done it";
• He insisted that Iran's nuclear sites were "obliterated" and hit out at a leaked US intelligence report which suggested the damage done isn't as bad as Trump has made out to be;
• He revealed the US will hold talks with Iran next week, saying the two countries "may sign an agreement";
• On Ukraine, Trump said he thinks Vladimir Putin has "been misguided" and said both the Russian leader and Volodymyr ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y wanted to end the war;
• He then hit out at Spain for not matching the defence spending target of other NATO countries, saying he will "make them pay twice as much" in trade deals as a result.

The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards command centre has died from wounds sustained during Israeli attacks, state media reports.

The guards' command centre vowed "harsh revenge" for Ali Shadmani's killing.

Israel had said on 17 June that it killed Shadmani, who it identified as Iran's wartime chief of staff and most senior military commander.

By Michael Clarke, Sky News military analyst

At the end of the Cold War, the UK gave up using dual-use aircraft that could carry nuclear bombs and decided instead to rely entirely on submarine-launched Trident missiles.

While Britain will continue to have its Trident system, this move is, in a way, a step back towards being more flexible by having these aircraft available as well.

These jets can also do other things, but they are cleared for nuclear use and can carry US nuclear gravity bombs, providing the UK with a tactical nuclear system that it can share with allies.

At present, seven other countries in Europe are able to use air-launched or air-delivered nuclear weapons, and we'd be joining that club as the eighth member.

So it's a step back into the situation the UK was in during the Cold War and takes the country back into the tactical nuclear business.

It's no fun, but it is a reflection of where we are now in world politics.

We've just heard Donald Trump and his team repeatedly praise the "obliteration" US strikes caused at Iranian nuclear sites (scroll down for more).

Just before Trump made those remarks at the NATO summit, Emmanuel Macron said France will make its own analysis on the damage caused.

The French president said he would meet the head of the UN atomic watchdog in Paris later.

"We are finalising our analysis with everything we have and then it will be confronted with the analysis of other interested countries, obviously the Americans, other Europeans, Israelis," he said. 

The final question goes to our security and defence editor Deborah Haynes, who asks about the NATO chief's flattery of Donald Trump.

Mark Rutte described Donald Trump as "daddy" earlier today, in reference to halting the Iran-Israel conflict and treating the participants like children (see our 13.22 post for the video).

Asked if he considers NATO members to be like his children, Trump gives this answer...

"He likes me, I think he likes me. If he doesn't, I'll let you know. I'll come back, and I'll hit him hard, OK? Very affectionate."

Pressed more on how he views fellow members of the alliance - given how they've adhered to his demands to spend more on defence - he says he thinks they "need a little help".

"One of the gentlemen said, you know, what we've been trying to [do is] raise the rate for 30 years," Trump adds.

"He said, until you came along, it never happened. What you did is amazing."

Asked if the alliance can cope without US support, he responds "ask Mark", referring to the NATO chief.

As he leaves the stage, he tells the audience to remember the US is the "hottest" country in the world.

Donald Trump's defence secretary is giving an impassioned speech now, claiming Iran's nuclear programme "is obliterated" after US strikes.

Pete Hegseth attacked a US intelligence report which said the Iranian nuclear programme may not have been destroyed, as Trump and his staff have claimed.

He says the report was designated "low confidence" because "all the evidence is buried under a mountain, devastated and obliterated".

"So if you want to make an assessment of what happened at Fordow, you better get a big shovel and go really deep, because Iran's nuclear programme is obliterated and somebody, somewhere, is trying to leak something to say 'oh, with low confidence'."

He adds: "That's why they came to the table right away, because their nuclear capabilities have been set back beyond what they thought were possible because of the courage of a commander in chief who led our troops, despite with the fake news wants to say."

A reporter from Ukraine is asking Donald Trump about missile defence systems.

After the president asks her if she's from Ukraine, she says yes - and her husband is in the country now serving for the military.

"That's rough stuff," Trump says, describing the reporter as "amazing".

"So, let me just tell you, they do want to have the anti-missile missiles," he says.

"We're going to see if we can make some available. You know, they're very hard to get.

"We need them to... we were supplying them to Israel and they're very effective, 100% effective."

He adds: "That's a very good question. And I wish you a lot of luck. I mean, I can see it's very upsetting to you. So, say hello to your husband. OK?"

Donald Trump says he will make Spain pay more after its government said it wanted its defence spending to stay at 2% of its GDP.

"They're doing very well, the economy is very well, and that economy could be blown right out of the water if something bad happened," he says.

"We're negotiating with Spain on a trade deal, we're going to make them pay twice as much. I'm actually serious about this."

Asked if he is interested in resuming nuclear talks with Iran, Donald Trump says he's "not".

"The way I look at it, they fought, the war's done," he says. 

"I could get a statement that they're not going to go nuclear. We're probably going to ask for that, but they're not going to be doing it, but they're not going to be doing it anyway."

After giving the floor briefly to his secretary of state Marco Rubio - who said they're open to anyone interested in peace - he's pushed again on his stance.

"Look, we're going to talk to them next week, with Iran. We may sign an agreement. I don't know," he says.

"To me, I don't think it's that necessary. I mean, they had a war. They fought. Now they're going back to their world. I don't care if I have an agreement or not."

He adds: "The only thing I would be asking for is what we were asking for before, about... we want no nuclear, but we destroyed the nuclear."

Answering a question about whether Vladimir Putin has any territorial ambitions beyond Ukraine, the US president says "it's possible".

"I know one thing, he'd like to settle. He'd like to get out of this thing, it's a mess for him," he says.

He went on to list several conflicts the US "took care of", including India and Pakistan's recent conflict, and says he thinks they should have ended the Ukraine-Russia war by now.

He says he thinks the Russian president has "been misguided" and adds: "I'm very surprised actually. I thought we should have settled that easily."

Trump says he is not giving up pressure on Iran

In the previous question, Trump was asked if he was giving up his campaign of maximum pressure on Iran, after signalling he may ease sanctions.

Trump said he was not giving up on pressure, but also said Iran will need money and trade to rebuild after the recent conflict with Israel.

He repeatedly spoke about selling US oil to China, instead of Iranian oil.

But he said he didn't want to do that, suggesting he would welcome a return to global trade for Iran.

But, as with many answers during this conference, Trump rambled across many topics in his reply - leaving his approach to Iran and sanctions unclear.