AS IT HAPPENED: Trump says he will extend ceasefire; Extra 200 million litres of fuel secured for Australia; Israeli troops punished for wrecking Jesus statue

Thanks for joining us for our live coverage of the Middle East conflict, where the nervy ceasefire has ultimately held.

Here are the other key events from today, April 22:

- US President Donald Trump said he had extended the ceasefire to give Iran more time to come to the negotiating table to make a deal. He claimed the country has been severely economically impacted by the blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, boasting Iran was losing "$500 million a day" as a result.

- Despite announcing the ceasefire at the 11th hour, approval ratings continue to slump amid the war, as the US economy feels the effects.

- Iran flexed its muscle in defiance of Trump's taunts, displaying a medium-range ballistic missile during a parade in an unknown Iranian city. Iran insists talks will resume when the blockade ends.

- Closer to home, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Australia had secured shipments that would see 200 million litres of diesel delivered in the coming weeks.

Britain and France are gathering military planners from about 30 countries to flesh out details of a mission to provide security in the Strait of Hormuz — if and when the key shipping route reopens.

Britain's Defence Ministry said the two-day meeting at a UK command-and-control centre in London aims to "turn diplomatic consensus into a detailed military plan"

.The plan is for an international mission to protect merchant vessels, clear mines and provide reassurance, and is dependent on a "sustainable" ceasefire being reached in the US-Israeli war with Iran.

Countries, including France and the UK, have pledged to send ships and mine-clearing drones.

Despite scepticism that the plan will ever be put into action, British Defence Secretary John Healey said he is "confident that, over the next two days, real progress can be made".

Firefighters still remain at the scene of a Geelong oil refinery that caught fire last week.

While the blaze has been extinguished, Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) said personnel had to stay at the site to ensure safety could be guaranteed before recovery efforts could begin.

"Work continues on site to make it safe for FRV and WorkSafe to investigate the cause of the fire," an FRV spokesperson said.

"FRV has atmospheric monitoring equipment on site to locate and treat leaks as they appear.

"FRV has conducted air quality, surface and water runoff testing and there are no contamination concerns for the community."

There were no injuries from the blaze, and despite initial fears, there were no major impacts on Australia's fuel supply.

Iran has reportedly hanged another man over alleged ties to Israel's Mossad intelligence agency as Tehran continues a series of executions during the war, and after nationwide protests in January.

The Mizan news agency of Iran's judiciary announced the execution of Mehdi Farid.

It described Farid as working for a "sensitive state organisation" and passing information to the Israeli spy agency.

It said Farid was convicted in Iran's Qom province.

Human rights activists have long said Iran convicts people in closed-door trials without allowing defendants to properly defend themselves.

There have been multiple executions of alleged spies recently, as well as protesters and those affiliated with an Iranian exiled opposition group.

Despite an announcement that the ceasefire in the Middle East would hold, the ASX has fallen today.

Australia's share market dropped 105.80 points, around 1.18 per cent from its previous close.

It proves uncertainty still remains for investors, with no permanent end in sight for the conflict, as well as the situation in the Strait of Hormuz remaining difficult, compromising global oil supply.

The plot thickens in the revelation a container ship was fired upon recently off the coast of Oman.

Nour News, a website long affiliated with Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said the Guard opened fire on the container ship after it had "ignored the warnings of the Iranian armed forces."

Nour News added the ship sustained "extensive damage" in the attack.

Although the US focused much of its fire in the war on Iran's navy, sinking and heavily damaging dozens of vessels, the Guard operates a fleet of small attack boats, some of which apparently survived the war.

Those vessels typically carry mounted machine guns, and can be used for mining operations.

Reported with Associated Press.

Remarkable footage has surfaced of a medium-range ballistic missile being paraded through Iranian streets.

The footage, shared by the official X account of the Consulate General of Iran in Mazar-e-Sharif, showed the huge missile on the back of a truck being paraded through a street last night local time.

It is not known which town or city this occurred in, with the post's caption only saying "The Khorramshahr Missile: From the Battlefield to the Street".

The Khorramashahr missile was first tested in 2017, and has a range of between 1000 and 2000km.

It is 13 metres long and can carry a 1.8 tonne warhead

In the street, there appear to be hundreds of people in support of Iran as well as Hezbollah, with flags of both seen being waved.

A not-so-subtle message to the United States and Israel of Iran's capabilities.

An Iranian gunboat connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reportedly fired on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz off Oman, causing heavy damage.

A warning, published by the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKTMO), said the attack happened just before 4am local time.

"No fires or environmental impact reported. All crew reported safe," it said, though it said there was "heavy damage" to the bridge of the ship.

Virgin Australia has announced it has cut domestic network flights in response to the ongoing fuel crisis and rise in jet fuel prices.

Its Adelaide-Cairns route will be suspended from August 1, with its Alice Springs-Brisbane service suffering the same fate, effective from July 14.

It also announced it would reduce the number of flights operating on its Darwin-Sydney and Uluru-Melbourne routes.

"These changes are designed to ensure Virgin Australia is flying where demand is strongest and on commercially viable routes, while maintaining our commitment to regional communities," the company said in a statement.

"We recognise these changes will impact our guests, and all affected customers will be contacted directly and offered reaccommodation on the next available Virgin Australia service, which in most cases will be on the same day.

An Iranian military commander has warned the country's southern neighbours that if their land or facilities are used by enemies to attack Iran, "they should say goodbye to oil production in the Middle East region," according to state media.

"This warning comes as some Persian Gulf countries had previously allowed their territory to be used by Iran's enemies," reported state-affiliated Fars News, citing the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Aerospace Force.

"Now, if this continues, their economic lifeline will be at serious risk," it added, without specifying which countries it was addressing.

The commander also announced that Iran's "target list" had expanded beyond military installations and that it now included major oil fields and refineries across the Middle East, naming specific sites in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain, according to Fars News.

Many of those Gulf nations are US allies, some of which host American military bases.