WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump threatened Iran's supreme leader with assassination as he pushed Tehran to give up its nuclear enrichment program and air strikes continued over Iran and Israel.

The conflict between Israel and Iran has rapidly escalated since Israel launched a series of air strikes against key Iranian targets.

U.S. President Donald Trump posted an ominous message on his social media site, calling for the immediate evacuation of Tehran but later denied reports he had rushed back to Washington to work on a ceasefire.

Crude oil futures rose more than 2% Tuesday, after President Donald Trump called for the evacuation of Tehran as Israel and Iran traded strikes for a fifth day.U.S. crude oil increased $1.52, or 2.10%,

Donald Trump posted an ominous warning for all nine million residents of Tehran to evacuate immediately. Here are the key developments on Tuesday morning: Israel's air campaign on the Iranian capital expanded on Tuesday morning The Israel Defense Forces claimed to have killed another top Iranian military commander People seen fleeing Tehran en masse,

Markets are concerned about Iran's frequent threats to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, just as the US heads into peak summer demand season.

President Trump left the G7 Summit early, citing the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. NBC News’ Monica Alba and Matt Bradley report more. PBS NewsHour Co-Anchor Geoff Bennett and Victor Cha from the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Ana Cabrera to share their opinions on Trump’s ominous Truth Social post calling Tehran residents to evacuate.

President Trump left the Group of Seven summit in Canada a day early to deal with the conflict between Israel and Iran.

Trump's evacuation comments in the early hours of Tuesday were reportedly followed by explosions and heavy air defence fire in Tehran. Iran launched two waves of missiles in response to the Israeli attacks, setting off air raid alerts in parts of central and northern Israel.