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Donald Trump has been speaking exclusively to our US partner network NBC News.

Asked how long the ceasefire would be, the US president told reporter : "I think the ceasefire is unlimited. It's going to go forever."

He hailed it as a "great day for America" and a "great day for the Middle East".

"I'm very happy to have been able to get the job done," he added.

"A lot of people were dying, and it was only going to get worse. It would have brought the whole Middle East down."

When asked if the war is completely over, he replied: "Yes. I don't believe they will ever be shooting at each other again."

While Donald Trump does appear to have secured a ceasefire agreement between Iran and Israel, the conflict may not be over just yet.

That's because Trump has presented a complicated picture of the deal in his social media post, in which he announced the pathway to an "official end" to the war.

The way he worded it suggests there are still a couple of caveats.

Let's break down this key part of his post, as he worded it:

It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED! Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World.

He seems to be suggesting Israel and Iran would have some time to complete any missions under way, at which point the ceasefire will begin in a staged process.

This isn't totally clear but, based on this wording, there may be points at which the ceasefire applies only to one side and not the other.

And he makes the point that both sides will complete their missions.

So we will, potentially, see more strikes in both countries over the coming hours.

This is picked up by our US correspondent Mark Stone, who said there are moments of high jeopardy in any ceasefire negotiations.

"And that could mean that the whole thing falls apart," he said.

"So a really complicated message from Donald Trump, but the thrust of it appears to be... that both sides have agreed to this.

"As long as it can last - as long as there isn't some huge moment either from one side or the other, which collapses everything - then this is a remarkable moment for diplomacy, and a remarkable moment for Donald Trump."

A US military official has offered more clarity over earlier claims of an alert at a US base in Iraq.

Washington has said only its base in Qatar was targeted.

An official, cited by the Associated Press, has said a malfunctioning missile aimed at Israel triggered an alert in Iraq earlier in the day

A little more detail to bring you now on the Iran-Israel ceasefire Donald Trump claims has been agreed.

A senior Iranian official has told Reuters news agency that Tehran has agreed to the ceasefire.

Reuters adds it was proposed by the US and mediated by Qatar.

An official briefed on the negotiations has also told Reuters that Trump and his vice president JD Vance discussed the plan with Qatar after Iran's attack on a US base tonight.

He added Trump had told Qatar that Israel had agreed to the plan, and it needs Doha's help to persuade Iran.

While Donald Trump claims an end to the Iran-Israel conflict has been agreed, his vice president has warned Tehran the US could come back to the fray.

In an interview with Fox News, JD Vance said Iran would have to face the US military again if it wants to build a nuclear weapon.

But he also said Iran can no longer develop one.

"Iran was very close to having a nuclear weapon," Vance said on Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier.

"Now Iran is incapable of building a nuclear weapon with the equipment they have because we destroyed it."

It's been little more than six hours since Iran launched an attack against a US military base in Qatar.

In that time - and amid concerns of the conflict escalating - Donald Trump has claimed a ceasefire has been agreed.

To get you up to speed, here are the main things you need to know in five bullet points:

• No casualties have been reported at al Udeid, according to Qatar and the US, after Iran launched missiles at the US air base;

• Just hours later, Donald Trump said both Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, bringing an "official end" to what he called the 12-day war;
• He also described Iran's attack as "very weak", but he thanked Tehran for "warning" ahead of time - which seemingly confirms our lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim's reporting that the US and Gulf states were tipped off;

• Tehran said it had punished the US, while Iran's supreme leader said "we will never accept being assaulted by anyone" and "will not surrender";
• In a sign that no further attacks are expected, the US and UK lifted its warnings for citizens to take shelter and Qatar reopened its airspace.

Stay with us for more updates and analysis through the night - with close attention on any Iranian and Israeli responses to Trump's ceasefire claim.

Barely six hours after Iran launched missiles towards a US base in Qatar, Donald Trump has said Iran and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire - see the post below this one.

It appears to have allayed concerns of a wider conflict in the Middle East, our US correspondent Mark Stone has said.

"He clearly has spoken, we assume, to Benjamin Netanyahu, who has agreed, that within six hours, the Israelis will stop bombing Iran," Stone said.

"The Iranians, presumably, although we don't know, will do the same.

"Donald Trump has a tendency of jumping the gun, sort of jumping people into falling in line with his position.

"This may be one of those instances. But the tone of his message there certainly suggests that if both sides don't fall into line and effectively do what he is demanding, then all hell will break loose." 

Trump will be framing this as the perfect example of his motto - peace through strength, Stone said.

"He showed strength. He certainly created a huge sense of jeopardy," he added.

"It could easily have gone in a different direction over the course of the weekend.

"But, he appears to have pulled it all back, and it certainly makes him look like quite the diplomat, frankly."

Donald Trump has just announced a "total ceasefire" between Iran and Israel.

Posting on his social media platform Truth Social, he wrote: "CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!"

He said this is a war that "could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East", but it "didn't, and never will".

There has not yet been a comment from Israel or Iran.

Briefly back now to Israel's attacks on Iran.

Iranian media is reporting three soldiers have been killed in an attack on Bandar Abbas, a city on Iran's south coast.

The three have been named as Mojtaba Ali Akbari, Hamed Rabbani and Mehran Munavari, according to Mehr news agency.

The report doesn't state when they were killed, only saying it happened in recent days.

Relationship-building efforts between Iran and the Arab Gulf states will be impacted by the attacks tonight.

Iran targeted a US base in Doha with missiles, which its top security body insisted did not pose a threat to "friendly and brotherly" Qatar.

But a Gulf official has suggested ties could be affected.

Speaking to Reuters, he said: "Iran's actions play into the hands of Israel, which wants to sow discord and derail recent improvements in relations between Iran and the Gulf countries."

Over recent years, Gulf countries Saudi Arabia and the UAE have restored once-frayed ties with Iran.

For its part, Saudi Arabia has said it "condemns and denounces in the strongest terms the aggression launched by Iran against the sisterly State of Qatar".

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the attack "constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and the principles of good neighbourliness". 

"It is unacceptable and cannot be justified under any circumstances," it added.