Hegseth fires top US general after Iran assessment that angered Trump

Jeffrey Kruse ousted as head of DIA, which said US strikes had set back Tehran nuclear program only a few months

The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has fired a general whose agency's initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iranian nuclear sites from US strikes angered Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official.

Lt Gen Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.