Donald Trump says almost nothing is off limits as he threatens to obliterate Iranian civil infrastructure.  

The US President's demanding Tehran reopen the Strait of Hormuz by 1pm tomorrow or the country will be 'living in Hell'. 

Tehran has meanwhile rejected a last-ditch temporary ceasefire proposal, calling instead for a definitive end to the war.  

Feature Story News Correspondent Kate Fisher told Ryan Bridge there does seem to be diplomacy happening in the background, but at the same time, the rhetoric is very aggressive. 

She says it doesn’t sound like the rhetoric or violence is being dialled down, but diplomacy is happening. 

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