Iran-US War LIVE: US President Donald Trump on Friday signalled that he is running out of patience with Iran as he urged Tehran to reach a deal with Washington. “I am not going to be much more patient,” Trump said in an interview aired on Fox News’ ‘Hannity’ program, adding that “They should make a deal.” On the fate of the near-weapons grade uranium in Iran, which has been the key sticking point in the talks alongside Tehran’s enrich capability, the US President said the nuclear material “can be entombed, but I’d rather get it.”
Chinese support for reopening Hormuz? Trump also said that the Chinese President Xi Jinping offered his help to reopening the Strait. The two leaders met in Beijing, marking the first visit by a US President since 2017. Trade along the Strait of Hormuz has remained halted, as global The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has been targeting vessels bypassing Tehran’s restrictions, forcing them to take an alternate route through its territorial waters and pay hefty tolls. Tehran established an agency to formalise the toll collection. In the meantime, the US Navy has maintained its blockade on Iranian ports.
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US House rejects bid to rein in Trump’s war powers: The US House of Representatives narrowly defeated a Democratic-led motion aiming to stop the Iran war until hostilities are authorised by Congress under the War Powers Resolution. The House voted 212 to 212 on the war powers resolution. More Republicans have begun backing the effort to stop the US military operation as global oil prices spiral. As Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon continued to trade blows on the sidelines, the officials from the two countries held a fresh round of talks in the US. Israeli said the talks were taking place with the goal of disarming Hezbollah and reaching a peace agreement.
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