Hunger is a likely reason the whale, dubbed Willapa Willy, travelled inland, experts say.

The country will start receiving deportees from this month but has not said how many they will accept.

Officials said "a heightened security posture is in place", but no injuries were reported and no suspects had been identified.

Five civilians were killed by the gunmen and their bodies were recovered at the scene, the army said.

Ordinary Iranians respond to the US president's threat to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz.

The story behind the beautiful pictures beamed back to Earth from the Artemis II astronauts.