Any retaliation from Iran will be met with force, warns Hegseth

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth stressed that President Trump "seeks peace".

"President Trump said no nukes, he seeks peace, and Iran should take that path," Hegseth says, reports BBC.

Hegseth then reads out Trump's social media posts from last night, which warned that any retaliation from Iran would be met with force "far greater".

"Iran would be smart to heed those words, he said it before, and he means it," Hegseth says.