This story has been updated with additional information about the fire. A fire broke out aboard aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) on Thursday, multiple sources confirmed to USNI News. The initial fire has been extinguished,

The Ford's crew left Norfolk, Va., on June 24, initially bound for the Mediterranean. More than nine months later, the crew is now in the Red Sea for the war with Iran with no clear return date.

It took more than 30 hours for sailors to put out the fire aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford last week, sailors and military officials said, as the beleaguered ship continued its monthslong slog through President Trump’s military operations.

The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted that US-Israeli attacks are massively degrading Iran's capacity to attack its neighbours as he insisted Israel had not dragged the US into war.

U.S. ⁠President Donald ​Trump ‌said ‌on ⁠Thursday the ⁠U.S. needed more funding ​for ​a "lot of ⁠reasons" amid ⁠the ⁠Iran war ​when asked about ​a ⁠media ⁠report that Pentagon was seeking $200 ⁠billion for the conflict.