Fighting rages between IDF and Hezbollah despite the ceasefire brokered by Trump. Again promising a deal by the end of the week with Iran, US secretary of state Marco Rubio reiterates that no sanctions against Tehran are on offer in exchange for opening the Strait of Hormuz, whilst the administration is couching its reparations package as a freedom fund in order to waylay criticism for the promised three hundred billion in damages.
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