Good morning. Thomas Morgan here with your morning NewsMail. Defence and the Middle East took centre stage at the NATO summit overnight, where Donald Trump sat down with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders committed to higher military spending.

We'll have the latest on that, plus the possible solution to worsening writing skills in our classrooms and the fallout from the ABC's own goal on Antoinette Lattouf. And finally, giddy up — scientists are off to the races trying to track down some seahorses.

What's the latest: Donald Trump has held firm to his belief that Iranian nuclear sites were "obliterated" by US bombs, despite reports one of his own intelligence agencies is expressing doubts. He was peppered with questions about that as he appeared at the NATO summit in The Hague, where he also announced US and Iranian officials would sit down to talk next week. Follow our live blog for the latest developments.

Why Iran might build the bomb sooner: The regime had previously been jogging to the bomb, but now there are fears it will sprint there instead. At the heart of the problem is that there's still plenty we don't know about Tehran's atomic ambitions, even after the US strikes. 

PLUS: Today's episode of ABC News Daily looks into whether Vladimir Putin could help Iran rebuild its nuclear program