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US pauses Iran attacks after Trump advised to halt bombing

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The US has paused strikes on Iran for a third night as top military officials advised Donald Trump to halt his bombing campaign.

Axios reported on Sunday that Adm Bradley Cooper, the top US military commander in the region, had told Trump the US military campaign had reached the limits of its effectiveness.

Cooper told Trump the US had nearly exhausted the list of targets that it had developed to attack in Iran, and without a return to major combat operations there was little point in continuing the bombing campaign.