Middle East attacks intensify as Trump says he has rejected Iran’s attempt to talk

US president claims ‘they want to talk. I said: Too Late! ’, while Rubio threatens the ‘hardest hits are yet to come’ US-Israel war on Iran – live updates Israel and the US intensified their attacks on Iran on Tuesday, launching waves of strikes targeting command and control facilities, strategic state offices and missile launch sites, as Donald Trump said he had rejected what he claimed was an attempt by Tehran to restart negotiations.