Top updates: ‘Open the f**king strait’, Trump threatens strikes on Iran infrastructure

United States President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges starting Tuesday if the country does not open the Strait of Hormuz.

“Tuesday will be power plant day and bridge day all wrapped up in one in Iran,” Trump said in a social media post. “There will be nothing like…open the f**kin’ strait…or you’ll be living in hell…just watch.”

The US president’s 10-day deadline to Iran will expire on Monday. He had previously threatened to bomb the country’s energy, water and oil infrastructure if no deal was reached to open the maritime chokepoint.

Here are more top updates from the conflict in West Asia:

• Later, Trump told Fox News that he believed that there was a “good chance” of making a deal with Iran on Monday, ahead of his deadline for Tehran to reopen the strait. “They are negotiating now,” the US president told the American news channel. “If they don’t make a deal and fast, I’m considering blowing everything up and taking over the oil.”

• The second crew member from a US fighter jet downed inside Iran on Friday has been rescued, Trump said on Sunday. US and Iranian forces had been locked in a race to locate the F-15E pilot since Friday. Hours after Tehran said that it had shot down the fighter...

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