Trump on Iran and the jump in oil prices:

"We had it very low, and I knew that would happen, but it was a choice.

It's a small price to pay for taking a nuclear weapon away from Iran, which is a very evil country."

Debris from two intercepted ballistic missiles fell in Mecca's Wadi Al-Maghmis, per Saudi Civil Defense.

Interception fragments also landed in Jeddah, Taif and Rabigh. The Houthis launched both missiles toward the Mecca and Medina regions.

Protests are underway across Europe. Thousands take to the streets in Paris and other French cities.

Footage shows Ukrainian troops riding small mining trains through gas pipelines outside Kupyansk, an area that has seen days of heavy underground combat.

Riot police in Marseille, France, were forced to pull back after rioting erupted in the city.

The U.S. now has 24 ships in the Middle East after ordering another amphibious assault ship to the region, according to The Wall Street Journal. The vessel follows an additional carrier strike group and a Marine contingent already sent, expanding the military's options for land seizure operations in the near term.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the USS George Washington strike group is actively rearming in the Arabian Sea with standoff land-attack missiles and bunker-buster bombs. U.S. officials emphasized that while the military is maintaining readiness and preparing contingency options, no final decision regarding a strike against Iran has been authorized.

Iranian President Pezeshkian on the collapsed interim deal with the U.S.:

"We negotiated, but they destroyed everything. I still believe we should try and complete the agreement."

NOW: An explosion was just heard near Al-Mahdi Base near Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province.

It’s likely this might be a ballistic missile test launch.

Increased aircraft activity is expected over northern and central Israel tomorrow and the day after, as the IDF holds a multi-front defense exercise simulating a surprise attack on Israel. The military is on its highest state of alert ahead of Tuesday's elections, with tens of thousands of troops deployed across several fronts. Security officials stress there is no concrete intelligence pointing to a threat, according to Kan News.

According to a German official speaking to the Kyiv Independent, Berlin is negotiating with Kyiv to purchase Ukraine's Bars jet-powered drones. The drone has a range of 1,000 kilometers and can fly at up to 700 kilometers per hour.

Bloomberg separately reported that Germany plans to buy thousands of deep-strike weapons from European arms companies.

Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the United States lifts its blockade on Iranian ports, according to Saudi broadcaster Al Arabiya, citing its own sources. Tehran passed the proposal to Washington through Pakistan.

Elon Musk on Starlink use in Ukraine:

Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be.

Starshield, a different system, is controlled by the US government. What they decide to do is up to them.

Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week.

Starlink remains critical to the defense of Ukraine, as it is the only system that cannot be jammed or blown up, at least for now. Were Starlink to be turned off, the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately. This is NOT a threat, it is simply a statement of fact.

Starlink was also crucial to preventing Russia from overrunning Ukraine in the early days of the war, as all other means of communication were destroyed or jammed by Russia.

SpaceX has done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth BY FAR.

That said, I have nothing but UTTER CONTEMPT for the virtue-signaling evil warmongers who push for endless slaughter and offer no realistic solution to the conflict. May you burn in hell.

End of story.

Terminals 1 and 2 at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh will reopen on Sunday, the airport announced. Terminal 1 will be dedicated to domestic flights, according to Al Hadath.

Saudi Arabia announced its forces intercepted missiles launched by the Houthi terrorist organization over Mecca and Medina, inside Saudi territory.

The Houthis are denying any attack on the two cities.

A camp belonging to an Iranian Kurdish party opposed to the Islamic Republic came under explosive-laden drone attack. The camp sits northeast of Erbil in Iraq.

Reuters

Iran has begun threatening Israel again, with a map of targets in Israel accompanying the warning.

Iran's Ebrahim Azizi cautioned that any move against the country's national security and interests would be met swiftly: "Be aware that in the event of any action against our national security and interests, the de-population of the occupied territories would take less than one hour."

Trump:

Bill Clinton was not bad, but he got caught up in a lot of scandals.

Outside of the scandals, he would've been a good president.

President Trump on Iran:

Other presidents should have done what I did. It would have been easier, but I've done it very effectively, and I may have to finish it off, or maybe they'll make a deal, but I'm not sure, either way, we win

Reporter: There's a new intel report that says Iran has increased its effort to target U.S. personnel in the Middle East. What's your reaction?

President Trump: Well, they're bad people. Very bad leadership. They killed 75,000 protesters.

Trump on Iran:

There's a possibility I will bomb Iran again.

There's also a possibility we'll have a nice, big, beautiful agreement.

They want to make a deal, but the problem is, will they hold the deal?