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The US and Iran agree a ceasefire
Both sides will observe a ceasefire for the next two weeks.
A day after threatening to annihilate a whole civilisation, Donald Trump has hailed an agreement with Iran under which both sides will observe a ceasefire for the next two weeks. Also: Israel has carried out its biggest airstrikes on Lebanon since the start of the Middle East war. And Tehran has said it will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but has warned ships waiting to pass through the waterway that they need Iranian permission, or they will be destroyed.
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