Middle East war live: Trump claims he called off an Iran strike to allow for ‘serious negotiations’

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19 May 2026 • 3:40 AM MYT
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Yesterday's key developments:

• A drone strike sparked a fire near the United Arab Emirates’s Barakah nuclear power plant, in an attack Abu Dhabi condemned as a threat to regional security.

• After Israel said it had killed senior Hamas commander Ezzedine Al-Haddad in an air strike, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country was "very close" to killing all architects of the October 7 attacks.

• US President Donald Trump issued a fresh warning to Iran on Sunday, saying it had to move quickly towards a peace deal or "there won't be anything left of them".