Following on from our earlier post, another reporter in the audience asks Trump if he is relying on Israeli intelligence for his assessment of the effectiveness of US strikes on Iran.

No, Trump says. He accuses the media of not including more favourable elements of US intelligence regarding US strikes in its reporting.

Trump adds that he's seen further intelligence and has spoken to people who have seen an Iranian nuclear site first-hand and say it has been "obliterated".

It's unclear which site he's referring to.

Trump is asked if he is giving up on his "maximum pressure campaign", in reference to the fact that he said on Monday China will still be allowed to buy oil from Iran.

Trump tells reporters he has not given up and that Iran needs to be put "back into shape".

Trump is asked by a journalist what makes him so confident the conflict between Israel and Iran is over?

Trump replies that both are tired and exhausted – and they were both satisfied "to go home and get out."

Can the war start again, I guess it could, he says.

Trump says Iran violated the ceasefire, and then "Israel had 52 planes going out – but then I told them to bring them back."

The war ended when the US hit the nuclear sites, he says.

Trump then takes some time to praise the pilots involved in the mission to attack the Iranian nuclear sites.

"They can fly a plane better than anybody can fly a plane, going into very hostile territory," he explains.

"They hit the shots perfectly and yet it was dead dark, there was no moon, there was no light, it was virtually moonless."

"We had a great victory there [in Iran] and we then came here and I think we had a great victory here," he says, switching back to the meetings he's had at Nato.

Trump once again says the US "obliterated" Iran's nuclear sites - a claim which has not yet been verified.

The president is praising US military power, including submarines, in the conflict.

He reminds the audience of the three sites hit by US military.

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Trump is now talking about a letter he says he received from the Israel Atomic Energy Commission - the Israeli government nuclear regulator - which he begins to read out from the podium.

"The devastating US strike on Fordo destroyed the site's critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility totally inoperable," he says, reading the letter.

"We assess that the US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities has set back Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons for many years to come," he continues.

An early Pentagon intelligence assessment of the US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities concludes that they did not destroy the country's nuclear programme and probably only set it back by months.

Trump mentions his gratitude for the US Air Force pilots who carried out the strikes on Iran, which he claims ended the war between Iran and Israel.

Moving back to the Middle East, Trump says 14 missiles were shot at a US base in Qatar on Sunday, but Iran was “very nice - they gave us warning – everyone was emptied off the base.”

He praises the way the 14 missiles were shot down by US equipment, saying it’s like "shooting a bullet with a bullet."

He adds that the Ukraine crisis has highlighted the need to rebuild our defence industrial base.

"We cannot afford to depend on foreign adversaries for critical minerals.".

Trump then moves on to address the conflict in Ukraine, saying he hopes to get this "solved".

He mentions the loss of soldiers suffered by Ukraine.

"That means life is disappearing," he says, before repeating his claim that the war wouldn't have begun if he'd have been president.

As a result, he says it's vital that the additional money committed by Nato partners is spent on military hardware rather than bureaucracy.

Trump says the new defence spending announcement will be known as "The Hague defence commitment."

He says that when nations hit the target on defence spending - 5% of their GDP - it will add more than $1 trillion per year to allies' common defence.

"It is a big win for the US, Europe and Western civilisation," he says.

Trump is now speaking about Nato's commitment for its members to raise defence and security spending to 5%.

A major focus of discussions so far today has been "the need for other Nato members to take up the burden of the defence of Europe," he says.

Trump is taking credit for the new agreement, saying there's been $700bn (£513.9bn) more defence spending among Nato members since he began calling for more funding in 2017.

Trump tells the summit he has been saying for 15 years that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

"We have reasserted the credibility of American deterrence," he says.

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After we heard from UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and UN chief Mark Rutte, US President Donald Trump now takes to the lectern and begins his address.

He's flanked on stage by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, and begins by thanking the Netherlands and its king and queen for hosting him.

The US president then moves on to talk about the US's precision strikes on Iran, which he says were "very successful".

He says the American exercise has "paved the way" for peace after what he calls the "12-day war".

"We think it's over, I don't think they [Iran and Israel] are going to be going back at each other," he adds.

Vicky Riddell
Reporting from the Nato summit

Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte has just told journalists that Nato allies have "agreed upon a trajectory that will ensure we are able to safeguard our freedom and security well into the future" - referring to alliance members' commitment to spend 5% of their GDP on defence and security by 2035.

The Nato summit schedule has been delayed as meetings have overrun.

There’s been a prolonged period of rearranging the room ahead of US President Donald Trump's closing press conference. Now we’re waiting to see what he makes of his victory on the increase in defence spending, something he’s been pressuring Nato members to commit to for months.

He’s coming straight from a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky - his first since their tête-à-tête at the Vatican where they mended fences after their bust up at the Oval Office.

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On the latest episode of Ukrainecast, the team speak to Julianne Smith, the former US permanent representative to Nato.

They discuss defence spending, whether President Donald Trump is keeping Russia off the agenda, and what leaders might be working on behind closed doors at the summit.

Plus, they get reaction from listeners in Nato's newest member states - Finland and Sweden.

Listen to the episode here.

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Reporters have been asking Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte about his remarks to US President Donald Trump earlier today, in which Rutte described Trump as "daddy" while commending the president's handling of the Iran-Israel conflict.

Asked by reporters about his choice of words, Rutte says: "I think it's a bit of a question of taste," and calls Trump a "good friend" who "deserves all the praise."

Earlier in the summit, Rutte commented on Trump's use of expletives on Tuesday when he expressed his frustration with Iran and Israel, saying "sometimes daddy needs to use strong language."

The Nato chief has reportedly been nicknamed "the Trump whisperer" behind closed doors.

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The UK Prime Minister has just finished speaking at a news conference at the Nato summit in The Hague.

Here are the main points he mentioned:

• All Nato members have agreed to raising defence and security spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, making Nato "stronger, fairer and more lethal than ever"
• The UK will provide "hundreds more defence missiles" to protect Ukraine, paid for with money from frozen Russian assets instead of by the British taxpayer
• The UK is committing to buy 12 new F-35A fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons, marking "the biggest strengthening of [the UK's] deterrence posture in a generation"
• While Nato's new agreement on spending makes no explicit condemnation of Russia, the alliance and the UK's positions on Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine have not changed
• On a question about Donald Trump, Starmer says the US president is a reliable ally and that the US kept the UK notified of "all of its intentions" last week during the Israel-Iran war
• Asked whether British people should make Cold War-style preparations at home, Starmer says "state-backed actions" are a big threat, and the UK must take them seriously

Starmer is asked by a journalist if people in the UK should be making Cold War-style preparations.

Starmer replies that we do face threats at home all the time. Cyberattacks happen every day for example, he says.

Energy has also been weaponised, he says. "You see that in what’s happened in Ukraine."

Starmer adds that "state-backed actions in our country" are a big threat, and "there have been attempts to penetrate our systems."

The UK's security and intelligence services have dealt with them – and they are very good at their job. But Russia and Iran are carrying out cyber-attacks on us regularly, he says. This is a real threat we have to take seriously, and we have to be prepared for it, he says.

A Bloomberg journalist next asks Keir Starmer whether he is confident Donald Trump wants to make progress on Ukraine. Will the US president get tough on Russia, and when?

Stramer replies that the mood in the summit was one of positivity and resolve, but leaders also recognised a need to push harder on Ukraine.

He says this has been the subject of many discussions during his time in the Netherlands and he reiterates his position that Vladimir Putin "should stop dragging his heels".

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Starmer is asked if he thinks Donald Trump is a reliable ally he can trust.

Yes, the prime minister says, adding the UK and US have worked closely for many years.

"Our teams are constantly talking to each other, as they were throughout last week," he says.

Starmer explains that when he returned from the G7 meeting in Canada last week, he went "straight into" an emergency Cobra meeting so that the UK could be ready for a potential US strike on Iran.

He says the US gave the UK notice of "all of its intentions" last week during the war between Israel and Iran.

"That is the nature of the relationship between us," he adds.

The BBC's Chris Mason asks about benefits payments and the prospect of more money going on defence, and the government's pledge not to put up taxes - are they all possible in combination?

Starmer replies that the Labour manifesto made a commitment not to raise taxes for working people.

But we need to keep the country safe, he says.

Starmer adds that the welfare reforms have to be made because the system is broken, adding his party was elected to change what is broken and will press ahead with the welfare reforms.