Trump said the war with Iran is almost over. And he called on Tehran not to play tricks. Brief retelling This is a summary of a statement US President Donald Trump made in an interview with CBS News on March 9. I think the war is almost over. We are significantly ahead of schedule . Iran has no navy, no communications, they have no air force. They have almost no missiles left. Their drones are exploding everywhere, including their production sites. In a military sense, they had nothing left .

US President Donald Trump has told aides that he will support the assassination of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei if he is not willing to give in to US demands, sources told The Wall Street Journal. Among these demands is an end to Iran's nuclear program, the newspaper notes, citing current and former US officials. The White House did not comment on the publication's information.

Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump, said Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov. “The conversation was businesslike, frank and constructive. As it usually happens in the dialogue between Russian and American leaders. They haven’t talked on the phone for a long time, the last time was in December 2025,” RBC quotes Ushakov. The conversation lasted about an hour and took place at Trump’s initiative.

This means that Iran will fight, not negotiate Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA / Scanpix / LETA The new Supreme Leader of Iran (Rahbar) has been officially named Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the previous Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike at the very beginning of the US-Israeli-Iranian war on February 28. Mojtaba Khamenei has long been seen as one of his father's likely successors.

Participants in the platform of Russian democratic forces at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) wrote an open letter to Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni because Russian representatives will participate in the Venice Biennale. The text of the letter was published on Facebook on March 9 by platform participant, doctor and volunteer Andrei Volna.

Meanwhile, her life includes a fourth child, divorce and cancer. Sofia Sandurskaya / TASS / Profimedia After the start of the big war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, the Russian authorities began to persecute popular bloggers. Ayaz Shabutdinov was sentenced to seven years for fraud, Arsen Markaryan was sentenced to four and a half years for insulting a Soviet soldier, Elena Blinovskaya received the same sentence for tax evasion and money laundering.

Russia is ready to supply oil and gas to European countries, but a signal is needed from them, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting on the situation on the global oil and gas market. “If European companies, European buyers suddenly decide to reorient themselves and provide us with long-term, sustainable joint work, devoid of political conditions, freed from political conditions, then please,” Putin said after discussing the problems with oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz.

The price of Brent oil dropped below $100 per barrel during trading on the ICE exchange. At the minimum at 18:31 Moscow time, the price dropped to $98 per barrel, but subsequently the rate increased. At the time of publication, oil was trading at $100. Update. At 22:39 Moscow time, the price of Brent oil dropped to $84.5 per barrel. Subsequently, the price increased and by 23:00 was trading at $90.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Paris and its allies were preparing a “defensive” mission to resume shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The mission will be aimed at escorting tankers “after the end of the most acute phase of the conflict,” Macron said. The operation will involve the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, as well as eight frigates and two amphibious helicopter carriers. Macron said that it would be held jointly with other countries, without specifying which countries they were.

Everyone (even Trump) fears that the athletes are at risk of death in their homeland - and is calling on Australia to provide them with asylum Albert Perez / Getty Images Iran's national team players remain silent during the national anthem during the Asian Cup match against South Korea. March 2, 2026. Gold Coast, Australia Human rights activists and fans called for the safety of the Iranian women's team, which completed its performance at the Asian Cup in Australia.

Anthropic, the developer of the Claude artificial intelligence model, is suing the Department of Defense and other US federal agencies because the Donald Trump administration has declared the company a “supply chain risk,” CNN reports. The “supply chain risk” status means that you can no longer work with the company, and the Pentagon will terminate contracts with those who continue to do so.

Iran fired missiles containing cluster munitions at Israel. According to The Times of Israel, Iran has fired seven salvos since the beginning of the day, with missiles aimed at targets across the country. One person was killed and two others were injured as a result of shelling in central Israel. Iranian state TV welcomed the strikes, reporting the launch of "the first wave of missiles under the leadership of Mojtaba Khamenei," who had been elected Iran's new supreme leader the day before.

Presenter: Vladislav Gorin. Guests: Nikita Smagin and Alexandra Appelberg The big war in the Middle East has been going on since the end of February. What happens on the tenth day of the war? What is the state of the Iranian regime? What are the goals of the US and Israel now?

Yulia Navalnaya demanded that The Insider remove from its website material about the results of a forensic examination of the body of Alexei Navalny, which was accompanied by a photograph of the politician after death. Navalny's widow also demanded that the publication never write about her deceased husband again. “Please remove this entire material and never write about Alexey again. Thank you. This is not my personal request, this is the request of our entire family.

The US military is likely responsible for the attack on the girls' school in Minab, CBS News reports, citing sources. According to preliminary estimates, the Americans did not intentionally shoot at the school - it was likely a mistake due to the use of outdated intelligence data. According to these data, the area where the school was located was considered part of an Iranian military base.