War in the Middle East: latest developments

'Most intense day' US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said attacks on Iran will ramp up Tuesday with the heaviest strikes since Washington launched the war 10 days ago. "Today will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran," Hegseth told a news conference at the Pentagon. 'No common' war plan German Chancellor Friedrich Merz voiced concern that the United States and Israel appear to have "no common plan" for bringing the war against Iran "to a swift and convincing end". "The United...