• “Project Freedom” paused: President Donald Trump said the US will pause its effort to guide vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, but will maintain its blockade of Iranian ports. Iranian state media characterized the move as a “US failure,” but oil prices dropped as Trump said “great progress had been made in talks with Iran.
• China’s role: Iran’s top diplomat is in Beijing for the first face-to-face meeting of the two allies’ foreign ministers since the war began. China, a close partner of Iran and the biggest buyer of Tehran’s crude oil, has called for an end to the conflict. Trump will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing next week.
• Ceasefire in Lebanon: Israeli strikes were reported across southern Lebanon on, and Hezbollah claimed it had launched 18 separate attacks on Israeli forces in the past day, the most since the truce began. The fragile ceasefire in Lebanon is a key sticking point in US-Iran peace negotiations.
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