World reacts to US-Iran deal to extend ceasefire, reopen Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian have electronically signed a memorandum of understanding to extend a ceasefire in the US-Iran war. Pakistan, which has been mediating the peace process, said the “Islamabad MOU” had gone into effect as of Wednesday. Earlier, Esmaeil Baghaei, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, addressed Iranian media following the signing, stating that Iran would monitor the US’s compliance “without any leniency” and will not “fulfil” its commitments if Washington “evades its obligations”. The foreign ministry said China welcomed the signing of the interim US-Iran agreement, and hopes both countries will approach their upcoming negotiations “rationally and pragmatically”. Speaking at a news briefing, spokesperson Lin Jian said Beijing also hopes both parties will meet their commitments under the deal President Vladimir Putin welcomed the US-Iran agreement brokered by Pakistan Moscow views the deal as a step towards permanently halting the conflict and could serve as a model for future peace agreements, said Putin Speaking at the Russia-ASEAN summit in the Russian city of Kazan, he said stabilisation in the Middle East would be beneficial for global energy markets Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is “imperative” that all parties “strictly adhere” to the understandings reached, including in Lebanon. Moscow is ready to contribute to diplomatic efforts to help create sustainable, long-term stability in the Middle East, it added in a statement on Telegram. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said it was vital that “free and safe navigation” in the Strait of Hormuz be promptly restored through the “steady implementation of the memorandum by all parties” Japan hopes that both Washington and Tehran can swiftly reach a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear issue and other outstanding matters through further negotiations, she added #CrudeFuturesSink #JohnCarl #YiHeBinance #HalvingUpdate #LUNCDream
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran leaves no room for doubt, declaring “the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon,” between the two countries and their allies. The final deal will confirm the permanent termination of the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon,” the interim agreement signed on Wednesday added. Yet Israel appears to either have not received the memo or to be deliberately ignoring it. Israeli attacks on Lebanon have continued in the days since the MoU’s signing, bringing the death toll since the start of Israel’s air and ground offensive on March 2 to more than 4,000. These deadly strikes led to Iran postponing talks with the US that had been planned for Friday in Switzerland. The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and Lebanon’s government have both demanded a full Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory although the former has said that should come by linking Lebanon to the Iran negotiations while the latter prefers direct talks with Israel Safieddine said there are divisions inside Iran, including in its state apparatus, about how far it should go to ensure Israeli aggression in Lebanon stops. After renewed Israeli attacks on Lebanon on Saturday despite another declared ceasefire, Iran announced the closure of the economically important Strait of Hormuz once again With the MoU, many people in Lebanon hope the end of Israel’s war is approaching. But there are still issues that need resolving In a speech on Wednesday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem praised the movement’s patron. “We … thank the Islamic Republic of Iran for linking Lebanon’s arena as both a resistance movement and a people to a spirit of readiness for sacrifice that compelled” Israel to “halt its aggression”, he said Israel and Lebanon are due to continue direct negotiations next week, and Hezbollah’s disarmament remains a major issue. The Lebanese government has moved forward with efforts to disarm the group since early 2025, but the second Israeli intensification of the conflict halted these efforts Lebanon’s political leadership finds itself in yet another bind under the US-Iran MoU,” Wood said. “On the one hand, Lebanon understandably wants to take charge of its own future, including the path towards a sustainable end to the Israel-Hezbollah war. On the other hand, it is hard to fault President [Joseph] Aoun for welcoming Iran’s insistence on including a Lebanon ceasefire in the MoU, even if it has failed to end the fighting to date,” he added Lebanon has very limited agency in addressing the fundamental conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, so inevitably, Beirut will need support from outside in the coming period. #Robertkiyosaki #gaming #Notcoin #kdmrcrypto #Dogecoin
Israel kills ‘a child a day’ on average in Gaza despite ceasefire, UN says
One Palestinian child has been killed every day on average for more than eight months in Gaza since a so-called “ceasefire” with Israel was announced, the United Nations children’s agency says UNICEF describes the truce as a “cruel and deadly illusion” as Israel continues to attack the besieged enclave Israeli forces have killed at least 265 Palestinian children since October 2025, when the halt in hostilities was declared, UNICEF said on Friday “During a period supposedly defined by restraint and protection, a child has been killed, on average, every single day for more than eight months,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters in Geneva The suffering does not end with those killed. More than 400 children have been injured, many with catastrophic wounds,” Elder said “You sneeze near the Orange Line and you may well get shot,” Elder maintained, referring to the “continual creeping” of Israel’s so-called “Yellow Line” and “Orange Line” boundaries of occupation. No ceasefire can be considered meaningful while children continue to be killed,” he said. Elder also pointed to Lebanon, where UNICEF said 247 children have been killed and 992 injured since hostilities escalated on March 2. The warning on Friday came as an Israeli air strike hit a tent sheltering displaced families in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, injuring at least five people, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Palestinian health authorities said on Thursday that Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 73,018 Palestinians and wounded 173,273 since October 7, 2023. They said Israeli attacks have killed 1,007 people and wounded 3,165 since the “ceasefire” took effect on October 11, while rescue teams have recovered 784 bodies from areas that had previously been inaccessible. #PEPEATH #InvestmentAccessibility #UNIUSDT #HormuzOilFlowsDespiteIranClaim #TrendingTopic
You could’ve been the greatest’: Trump faces Israeli anger over Iran deal
The growing rift between the United States and Israel hit new heights this week, with articles published in major Israeli publications accusing President Donald Trump of abandoning Israel to its greatest enemy following his interim deal with Iran. Analysts described a sense of betrayal as public and political outrage over the terms of the agreement, which details the broad terms for ending the joint US-Israeli war on Iran, dominated headlines. In one particularly blistering attack, an op-ed titled “You could have been the greatest president of all, but you failed” accused Trump of having signed a “surrender agreement with a murderous and cruel terror regime Published in one of the country’s leading newspapers, Israel Hayom, which is owned by influential Trump mega-donor Miriam Adelson, the piece pulled few punches Styled as a letter to Trump, it went further than even some of Israel’s more extreme politicians in voicing criticism of the pact, accusing the US president of having turned the hourglass over to a new war and of having brought about the “humiliation” of his country Hagai Ram, a professor at Ben Gurion University and author of the book Iranophobia: The Logic of an Israeli Obsession, said Trump was until recently “the most popular figure in Israel” – but he had now been turned “into a villain” The criticism of Israel coming from US leaders hasn’t arisen because they’ve suddenly gained any great insight, it’s because the facts have become unavoidable,” he said. “Everything they’re saying is correct. These are truth bombs. Israel did pull them into a war and Netanyahu did manipulate Trump. Matters only appear to be growing more grave. On Saturday, Israel’s continued attacks on Lebanon led to Iran once more closing the Strait of Hormuz, the economic gateway where closure previously was credited by many with bringing Trump to the negotiating table “Two things are going on here, and each one is a mirror of the other,” said Alon Pinkas, a former Israeli ambassador and consul general in New York “On the one hand, you have all the Trump cultists desperately searching for someone external to blame for luring their great leader into such an intractable war, and seizing upon Netanyahu. On the other hand, you have all the Netanyahu followers. They’re also faced with a war in Lebanon they can’t get out of and a US agreement with what they’re being told again and again is a far more powerful Iran than that which agreed to a better deal under Obama,” added Pinkas. “Ultimately, it’s a bad agreement because it was a bad war,” he continued. “One always follows the other #PresidentialDebate #InnovationAhead #UnlockAlert #YourFavoriteInfluencer #tobechukwu
US-Iran talks to kick off Sunday in Switzerland, says Pakistan
Pakistan says talks between the United States and Iran, which were postponed on Friday, will begin in Switzerland on Sunday, as Tehran announced it was again closing the Strait of Hormuz because of continued Israeli attacks in Lebanon Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, confirmed on Saturday that an Iranian delegation, including Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and other senior officials, was heading to Switzerland. Iran’s state broadcaster reported late on Saturday night that the country’s negotiating team had arrived in the Swiss city of Zurich In Washington, JD Vance’s press secretary said the US vice president had also departed for Switzerland on Saturday. In comments cited by the Reuters news agency, Vance said he would only be able to stay in the country for a day or two, but expressed hope that progress could be made on both the Lebanon ceasefire and the issue of Iran’s nuclear programme. Al Jazeera’s James Bays, reporting from Burgenstock, said there are indications “things are moving backwards from when the MoU was signed”, citing Israel’s continued bombardment of southern Lebanon. “The Iranians see this as a serious breach of the MoU,” he said. “Their first sanction was by not coming here. They have now utilised their best weapon by closing the Strait of Hormuz Iran believes this tactic will help get things back on track with regard to southern Lebanon,” added Bays. Abdulla Banndar al-Etaibi, a professor at Qatar University, said Iran is “applying maximum pressure on President Trump and also the mediators to have Hormuz for Lebanon, basically”. “They want all fighting to stop in Lebanon for the Strait of Hormuz to be restored,” he told Al Jazeera #msUSDDepegsFallsTo$0.29 #BinanceHerYerde #CryptoTrends2024 #satoshiNakamato #Robertkiyosaki
Trump vows Iran will not charge Strait of Hormuz tolls, but says US might
United States President Donald Trump has pledged there will be no tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, unless they are collected by his own country. Trump’s statement, made in a Saturday afternoon post on Truth Social, is the latest sign that a recently signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) may be unravelling. There will be NO TOLLS in the Hormuz Strait for 60 days during the Cease Fire Period, and there will be NO TOLLS after the 60 day period has expired,” Trump wrote, “unless they are imposed by and for the United States of America.” Since the US and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28, Iran has successfully used the Strait of Hormuz as a pressure point, closing the strategic waterway to traffic. But under the terms of Wednesday’s ceasefire memorandum, the strait is supposed to reopen for an interim period of 60 days. During that time, Iran is barred from charging vessels for passage. Iranian officials have also said that any upcoming talks should focus on proper implementation of the initial memorandum, and that the 60-day negotiating period stipulated in Wednesday’s deal would begin after that was settled. Pakistan, a top mediator between the US and Iran, has said that follow-up talks are set to begin in Switzerland on Sunday Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that an Iranian delegation, led by parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, has already arrived for the negotiations. On the US side, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Vice President JD Vance are expected to attend #PolymarketFakeTradingVideoWSJReport #StrategySTRCDropsBelow$83Intraday #msUSDDepegsFallsTo$0.29 #kriptohaber24 #JohnCarl
Trump says he will push for peace in Ukraine after meeting Zelenskyy at G7
US President Donald Trump has said Russia should make a peace deal with Ukraine and he will do what he can to end the war, following a “very good” meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and G7 leaders at a summit in France. “I’m gonna do whatever I can,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday at the summit in Evian-les-Bains near the Swiss border, adding that too many young men were dying on the battlefield on both sides. “Look, Russia should make a deal,” he said. “I settled eight wars. This was the one I thought was going to be the easiest to settle.” Trump’s claim to have ended eight wars has been widely disputed. Zelenskyy joined talks on Tuesday morning with the G7, which includes the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the European Union. He also spoke to Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the summit “The key focus is to strengthen air defence for Ukraine and advance diplomacy, to make Russia end its war,” Zelenskyy posted on X after the meeting. “Peace is needed G7 leaders also discussed the peace deal between the US and Iran, and held a working lunch focusing on achieving a swift reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and on identifying alternative energy routes that bypass the waterway. French President Emmanuel Macron, who is hosting the summit, said the priority was to ensure that there is a “solid, serious agreement that is finalised Macron said France and other Western partners are “ready to take action very quickly” to help reopen the strait peacefully. France and the UK have championed a mission to restore maritime security in the strait as soon as conditions allow Trump has said the Strait of Hormuz would be “completely open” on Friday, which is when a formal agreement will be signed in Geneva The agreement, which was digitally signed on Monday, is expected to open a 60-day window to allow for complex negotiations to take place, which would include Iran’s highly enriched uranium and the lifting of sanctions Trump told reporters he expects the second stage of negotiations with Iran to “be actually easier” #msUSDDepegsFallsTo$0.29 #THORChainRecoveryEntersFinalPhase #IranMandatesHormuzShipInsurance #BitcoinETFWeeklyOutflowsDrop87% #SchwabEntersSP500PredictionMarkets
Three killed in Ukraine a day after drone attack kills child in Moscow
Russia has renewed its strikes on Ukraine, killing three people including an eight-year-old girl, Ukrainian officials said. The Russian strikes on Friday come a day after Ukraine launched its biggest-ever drone attack on Moscow, killing a different eight-year-old girl and sparking an inferno at a major oil refinery, according to Russian officials Between late Thursday and early Friday, Russia launched 90 drones at Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian air force. An eight-year-old girl was killed. Another person was wounded. These are the consequences of this morning’s enemy attack on Pavlohrad,” Oleksandr Ganzha, the governor of Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region, said. Separate Russian attacks on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region killed one person, while strikes on the eastern city of Kramatorsk killed one other, according to authorities Russian drone attacks late on Thursday killed one person and wounded five others on civilian ships in the Black Sea, Ukraine said Both sides have escalated attacks on each other in recent weeks, as United States-led talks on ending the more than four-year conflict remain effectively frozen #LUNCDream #kriptohaber24 #jasmyustd #PEPEATH #CryptoPatience
Top Ukrainian officials return Polish awards in WWII dispute
Top Ukrainian officials have said they are returning Polish awards after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was stripped of Warsaw’s top honour in a dispute between the allies over World War II massacres. Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov; Ukraine’s ambassador to Warsaw, Vasyl Bodnar; and Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Saturday they would relinquish awards bestowed by Poland. “Our nations have long-standing relations and different pages of history – both heroic and tragic,” Budanov posted on social media. “However, this should be an occasion for deep reflection, not crude political speculation Zelenskyy angered many in Poland over his naming of a military unit after a Ukrainian paramilitary organisation accused of massacring Poles during World War II In a decree on May 26, Zelenskyy named a military unit the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) – the name of a group that operated in the 1940s and 1950s Ukrainian officials criticised the decision as one that played into Russia’s hands. Budanov, the Ukrainian Presidential Office chief, wrote on Telegram that it was “an unfriendly act toward our people” and “a gift to the Moscow aggressor, which will certainly use it against both of our countries”. Foreign Minister Sybiha called it a “strategic mistake” while Bodnar said it was “especially painful” as Ukraine fends off Russian attacks Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, a political rival of President Nawrocki, urged both sides to “calm tensions” in a post on X on Friday The UPA fought against both Nazi German and Soviet forces, but is also accused of mass killings of Poles in Nazi-occupied areas. Ukrainians say UPA and Polish underground forces launched large-scale attacks and reprisals against each other that led to deaths among Ukrainian and Polish civilians #MegadropLista #NOTCOİN #jasmyustd #kdmrcrypto #Launchpool
Australia pledges action on H5N1 after bird flu case confirmed
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will do “whatever we can” to curb H5N1 bird flu after the first mainland case was confirmed in a seabird, which means the virus has now spread to every continent. Tests confirmed a migratory brown skua found in Western Australia’s Cape Le Grand National Park had the deadly virus, authorities said on Saturday, and a giant petrel found in the same area was also suspected to be infected. “This is concerning,” Albanese told reporters in Sydney, adding his government would do “whatever we can to restrict any spread Previously, Australia had been the only continent without a confirmed mainland case, although the virus was detected in late 2025 on Heard Island, a sub-Antarctic territory about 4,100km (2,550 miles) from the mainland Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said the virus had not yet been detected in Australia’s poultry or agriculture sector We all knew we couldn’t be bird flu-free forever,” she said. Human infections remain rare, but the highly pathogenic avian influenza has led to the culling of hundreds of millions of birds globally in recent years, disrupting food supplies and driving up prices #Binance #haroonahmadofficial #GamingCoins #yescoin #Crypto_Jobs🎯
How does Trump’s MOU with Iran compare with Obama’s nuclear pact
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) for ending the US-Iran war has been electronically signed near the French capital, Paris, after weeks of US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that an agreement was close The 14-point framework signed on Wednesday sees Iran commit to refrain from procuring or developing nuclear weapons in exchange for sanctions relief, a $300bn reconstruction plan and the restarting of maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz In comments made on the sidelines of the G7 meeting in France on Wednesday, Trump hailed the deal with Iran as being better than the deal brokered by former US President Barack Obama in 2015, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which Trump withdrew from during his first term in 2018 However, analysts warn it is too soon to determine whether the MOU, which triggers a 60-day negotiation period, will result in a comprehensive deal significantly different from the 18-page Obama-era document, which took several years to negotiate and included the input of nuclear experts Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, associate fellow at Chatham House, in the UK, told Al Jazeera it would not be “fair” to compare the two at this stage, as the MOU focuses on extending the ceasefire rather than tackling Iran’s nuclear programme in detail Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to continue Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon despite the announcement of a US-Iran deal that links to those hostilities “The Trump deal, as it is currently shaping up, does not demand concessions regarding Iranian regional allies and, in contrast, includes concessions by the US side to contain Israel in the war it is waging on Lebanon,” Schneider said “The JCPOA was very narrow and technical on purpose to avoid getting entangled in the complexities of other issues, and, as such, did not include Iranian allies, which was a topic relegated to the UN Security Council.” According to Bassiri Tabrizi at Chatham House, what would make Trump’s deal better than the JCPOA would be if it “doesn’t push Iran towards the perception of a continued … deterrence posture through the nuclear programme and through [its] proxies What is needed now, he said, is “a deal that attracts Iran so much economically and … that slowly and gradually brings Iran out of the perception of vulnerability [and] builds on mutual trust.” The next 60 days will determine if that is possible. #DelistingAlert #GamingCoins #Fatihcoşar #DigitalCreditMarketsWorstDayDrop #Kriptocutrader
As Lebanon tests US-Iran deal, Trump must rein in Netanyahu, analysts say
It is not another anonymously sourced report about a rift between the United States and Israel. This time, the administration of President Donald Trump appears genuinely frustrated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war in Lebanon. The opening of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the US and Iran calls for the “permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon”, but the Israelis are not stopping their attacks in the country. The Israeli military is continuing its deadly strikes in Lebanon and trying to advance further with its invasion, vowing to keep hold of the territory it has conquered, amounting to nearly 20 percent of the country. “The United States is committed to PEACE, and we encourage everyone in the Middle East Region to maintain their commitment to allowing our negotiations to beautifully unfold,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Thursday. In a message to critics of the Iran deal within the Israeli government, Vance alluded to that leverage on Thursday, reminding Israel that the US is the superpower in the relationship. “What is your exact proposal? You’re a country of nine million people. You can’t just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have,” the US vice president told The New York Times. Parsi said Vance’s statement reflects actual tensions between the US and Israel, not the usual mild criticism by Washington that fails to affect policy. We have seen that the volume, the decibel, the aggressiveness of the American public message is now more or less at an unprecedented level,” he told Al Jazeera. “It shows that I think the paradigm of US-Israeli relations is about to change, and that this is because Trump is looking at the agreement as part of his key legacy, and he is willing to fight for his legacy Matthew Duss, the executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, also said that Trump appears increasingly aware that Netanyahu may spoil the ceasefire with his campaign in Lebanon “It’s been clear for a while that Netanyahu himself is one of the main sources of instability in the Middle East right now. He’s been the main reason why we couldn’t get a ceasefire in Gaza, and why it took so long to get a ceasefire with Iran,” Duss told Al Jazeera “So, as always, the question is: Okay, we know that there are differences of opinion between the president and the Israeli prime minister, but do we finally have an American president who’s willing to put real pressure on Netanyahu when he misbehaves #quickfarm #ETHETFS #TrendingTopic #Dogecoin #Shibalnu
Iran war day 113: Tehran presses US over Lebanon ceasefire
Iran says it is ready to move forward with diplomacy with the United States, but insists Washington must ensure Israel complies with the agreement to end the war. Tehran has repeatedly said the deal requires an end to hostilities across the region, including in Lebanon. The comments come as a US official told Reuters that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon, despite reports of continued Israeli attacks. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US has a “commitment and responsibility” to ensure the deal is upheld on all fronts. The Trump administration has announced a new round of talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials in Washington on June 23 and 25, aimed at advancing a “lasting peace”. The US has described direct negotiations as the only viable path to Lebanon’s reconstruction and economic recovery, though the process remains complicated by Hezbollah’s rejection of the talks and ongoing disagreements over calls for the group’s disarmament Israeli attacks continued in southern Lebanon after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, raising questions about the truce’s viability. The deal, brokered by Qatar, the US and Iran, was meant to prevent the Lebanon conflict from undermining wider US-Iran peace efforts, but strikes continued almost immediately after the deadline despite both sides signalling support for the agreement. #BTCFalls4thDaySTRCBelowPar #GoldFallsOver1.7%SilverDropsOver2% #LitecoinNodesLagOnDoubleSpendPatch #AxelarBridgeHackLoses$4.67M #BlackRockIBIT75%InvestorsNewToETFs
Somaliland to open embassy in Jerusalem, Israel in Hargeisa: Envoy
Somaliland will open an embassy in Jerusalem and Israel will establish its representation in Hargeisa “soon”, according to Mohamed Hagi, the ambassador of Somalia’s breakaway region to Israel. The development, which comes months after Israel officially recognised the independence of Somaliland, reflects “growing friendship, mutual respect, and strategic cooperation between our two peoples”, Hagi said in a statement on X on Tuesday Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar welcomed the announcement, calling it a “significant step” in strengthening relations between the two. “We will work together to implement this decision soon,” he said on X. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991, but it has failed to gain recognition from any United Nations member state. The region controls the northwestern portion of what was once the British Protectorate in northern Somalia. Due to its disputed status, the vast majority of the 96 diplomatic missions present in Israel host their embassies in the Tel Aviv area to avoid interfering with peace negotiations. In a significant blow to Palestinians’ ambitions and peace prospects, US President Donald Trump unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital during his first term in 2017. The announcement triggered a wave of deadly protests across the occupied Palestinian territory, but also across other countries, including Malaysia and India The US moved its embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May 2018. The decision was not reversed under the following administration of President Joe Biden, and Washington continues to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital today Other countries that followed the US’s move were Guatemala in 2018, Kosovo and Honduras in 2021, Paraguay in 2018 (it returned the embassy to Tel Aviv a few months later, and then relocated back to Jerusalem in 2024), Papua New Guinea in 2023, and Fiji in 2025 Last year, Argentina’s President Javier Milei announced his intention to also move the Argentinian embassy to Jerusalem #BTCFalls4thDaySTRCBelowPar #AxelarBridgeHackLoses$4.67M #BlackRockIBIT75%InvestorsNewToETFs #SonicLabsNewCEOBoardOverhaul #CrudeOilPricesRise
Israel fetes Somaliland’s leader as it seeks to expand Red Sea influence
Israel rolled out a lavish state welcome for Somaliland’s president in Jerusalem, extending honours rarely accorded to the leader of a territory still unrecognised by any country other than Israel.President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, known as Cirro, arrived last Sunday for the first state visit by a Somaliland leader, six months after Israel became the first country to recognise the breakaway region’s independence from Somalia. “I am here as the president of Somaliland for the first state visit ever,” Abdullahi told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting. “For 35 years we have been asking the world to see us. And Israel and you yourself were the first to see us and recognise us Netanyahu framed the decision through the lens of Jewish history. “It is a very natural thing for us to do, because we remember as the Jewish people, a small people, who asked for the recognition of their rights from the world, so there is a natural sympathy to you,” he said. The visit combined high-profile ceremony with what officials said where substantive discussions. A strategic cooperation agreement was signed alongside a series of meetings, underscoring both sides’ ambition to turn diplomatic recognition into a broader partnership encompassing security, trade and regional strategy Both governments have nevertheless pressed ahead. Somaliland’s defence minister told Reuters that Israel was training parts of Somaliland’s military, although the defence ministry later denied it had made a statement. During his meeting with Netanyahu, Somaliland’s president announced the signing of a Strategic Cooperation Declaration, which Somaliland described as marking “the beginning of the most significant phase in diplomatic relations and strategic cooperation” between them. Chatham House expert Mekelberg told Al Jazeera that whilst the relationship offers some gains for both sides, it addresses neither of their core issues. “Netanyahu is seeking ways to continue to bypass addressing the Palestinian issue and reach out to other countries,” he said. “Somaliland is building too much into this too. Yes it is big for them and important for them but Israel can’t do everything #MegadropLista #Kriptocutrader #jasmyustd #haroonahmadofficial #GamingCoins
Biden, Japan leader Kishida announce stronger defence ties in state visit
United States President Joe Biden has welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the White House, with an upgrade in defence ties topping the agenda. The meeting is only the fifth official state visit of Biden’s presidency, with the lavish events typically reserved for only the most formidable of US allies. Moreover, the visits underscore an administration’s strategic priorities, with three of the four previous state dinners – South Korea, India and Australia – emphasising the Indo-Pacific region to counter what US officials describe as China’s increased military and economic assertiveness Speaking at the news conference, Kishida said that he and Biden had also discussed North Korea, which has continued to test more powerful missiles in recent years, as well as security in the Taiwan Strait, the waterway off of the self-governing island that China claims as its own. He drew a direct link between Russia’s war in Ukraine and concerns in the Indo Pacific region Unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion is absolutely unacceptable, wherever it may be,” Kishida said Regarding Russia’s aggression of Ukraine … Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow,” Kishida said. When asked about a planned $15bn acquisition of the US steelmaker US Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, which both Biden and former President Donald Trump have criticised, Kishida said he hoped to cement a “win-win relationship The meal served by White House chefs will include house-cured salmon, aged rib eye with wasabi sauce, and salted caramel pistachio cake with cherry ice cream. After dinner, singer-songwriter Paul Simon will perform. Kishida is the first Japanese leader to be invited for an official state visit since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2015 #Write2Earn #ETHETFsApproved #Robertkiyosaki #t #Yazdan
Former US President Joe Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer
Biden, 82, was diagnosed on Friday after doctors discovered a prostate nodule, his office said in a statement released on Sunday. The former president was taken in for examination after experiencing “increasing urinary symptoms”, the statement said “While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, which allows for effective management,” his office said. Biden’s age and health were key concerns among US voters during his time as president, and ultimately torpedoed his bid for a second term. Biden’s cancer diagnosis comes as his decision to run for re-election in 2024 is facing renewed scrutiny ahead of the publication of a book detailing the alleged efforts of his inner circle to conceal the then-president’s physical and mental deterioration from the public Original Sin, written by CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios correspondent Alex Thompson, includes numerous damning accounts of Biden’s decline, including that the then-president was unable to recognise Hollywood actor George Clooney at a 2024 fundraiser and that aides privately discussed the possibility he would need to use a wheelchair if re-elected. In an appearance on ABC’s The View earlier this month, Biden pushed back on suggestions that he was suffering from serious cognitive decline towards the end of his presidency On Sunday, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy became the latest in a growing group of Democrats to acknowledge that Biden should not have run for a second term “It was a mistake for Democrats to not listen to the voters earlier and set up a process that would have gotten us in a position when we could’ve been more competitive that fall,” Murphy said on NBC News’s Meet the Press on Sunday, before Biden’s cancer diagnosis was made public Metastasised cancer is more difficult to treat than localised cancer because it involves tumours in various parts of the body that may respond differently to therapies #BTCFalls4thDaySTRCBelowPar #LitecoinNodesLagOnDoubleSpendPatch #BlackRockIBIT75%InvestorsNewToETFs #SonicLabsNewCEOBoardOverhaul #CrudeOilPricesRise
US judge rejects Joe Biden’s lawsuit asking to withhold memoir recordings
A United States judge has denied a petition from former Democratic President Joe Biden arguing his right to privacy would be violated should recordings he made for a memoir be made public. On Friday, US District Judge Dabney Friedrich, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled that the recordings could be released to the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank. The Trump administration had already authorised the release of the recordings and transcripts, which Biden made while out of public office with his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer similar investigation, helmed by a second special counsel, Jack Smith, resulted in a short-lived criminal indictment against Trump. Hur, however, concluded that no criminal charges were “warranted” against Biden Part of his rationale was “a shortage of evidence”. But another part of his reasoning was that, if any charges were brought to trial, jurors were likely to perceive Biden “as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory As part of his investigation, Hur had obtained Biden’s recordings and transcripts with Zwonitzer in order to evaluate whether the Democrat had misused information from his time as president for his memoir But he also cited them as evidence to conclude that Biden “appeared to have significant limitations” in his memory The scrutiny over Biden’s age increased substantially during his 2024 bid for re-election. At a June 2024 presidential debate against Trump, Biden appeared to drift off topic and make nonsensical statements At one point, he issued the non sequitur, “We finally beat Medicare,” referencing a government health insurance programme for the elderly and those with disabilities Biden subsequently dropped out of the race, and his replacement, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, lost to Trump after a curtailed campaign. The Democrat, however, has consistently denied that he was unable to perform his duties as president The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee has also sought to obtain the Zwonitzer files for a similar investigation Biden was 82 years old by the time he left office in January 2025, making him the oldest sitting president in US history. Trump will be slightly older by the end of his tenure, should he complete his second term The Democrat is expected to appeal Friday’s decision to release the recordings #MbeyaconsciousComunity #NOTCOİN #Kriptocutrader #LISTAAirdrop #Fatihcoşar
Trump takes aim at critics of US-Iran MoU, says Iran ‘finished’
United States President Donald Trump has struck out at critics of a memorandum of understanding signed by Washington and Tehran to end the US-Israeli war with Iran. The statements on Friday, a continuation of Trump’s defence of the deal to end the war launched by the US and Israel on February 28, came a day after US Vice President JD Vance cancelled a planned trip to Switzerland to begin negotiations on a host of entrenched issues as outlined in the MOU. The delay has thrown into question the longevity of the deal, only a day after both sides signed on, with Israel’s ongoing fighting in Lebanon threatening to derail the diplomatic breakthrough. In back-to-back posts on Truth Social on Friday, Trump maintained that he had strengthened Washington’s hand in the region, rejecting criticism from Democrats and a handful of Republicans that the MOU only addresses issues that the conflict itself created That included reopening the Strait of Hormuz, ending the US naval blockade on Iran’s ports, and halting fighting on all fronts, including, ostensibly, Lebanon On Friday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei again said Tehran holds the US responsible for attacks in Lebanon, as Israel said it hit more than 150 targets since midnight Shortly after, a US official, two Hezbollah sources, and and Israeli official told the Reuters news agency that a new ceasefire had been agreed in Lebanon. A day earlier, US Vice President JD Vance lodged a rare public rebuke of Israel amid its ongoing military campaign, warning Israeli officials against attacking “the only powerful ally that [they] have anywhere left in the entire world In his interview with Axios, Trump maintained that his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “good, but we have to keep him a little bit sane.” #CrudeOilPricesRise #BTCFalls4thDaySTRCBelowPar #IsraelHezbollahCeasefireAgreed #VanceDelaysUSIranSwitzerlandTalks #SenatorsAdvanceCLARITYActTowardFloorVote
Trump hints at new approach to North Korea’s nuclear programme
United States President Donald Trump intends to shift his focus to North Korea’s nuclear programme now that Washington has reached an agreement with Iran, South Korea’s president has said. Lee Jae Myung said in a news conference that Trump told him on Friday at a G7 dinner that “the time had come to pay attention to the North Korea issue,” a comment that could signal renewed US focus on Pyongyang’s nuclear capabilities. Lee also told Trump that sanctions against North Korea were “ineffective”, pointing to deepening military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow The two Koreas remain technically at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty, and are separated by a Demilitarized Zone through which the border runs. North Korea announced its first nuclear test in 2006 and is believed to have dozens of nuclear weapons Pyongyang has repeatedly declared itself an “irreversible” nuclear state since a 2019 summit between Kim and Trump, in Hanoi, collapsed over the scope of denuclearisation and sanctions relief Kim has pledged to expand North Korea’s nuclear capabilities as he unveiled a new facility for developing nuclear bomb fuels. Trump met Kim three times during his first term – once declaring they were “in love” – as he pushed to hammer out a long-coveted deal on denuclearisation. But no tangible progress has been made Trump stepped up his courtship of Kim during a tour of Asia last year, saying he was “100 percent” open to a meeting. The offer has gone unanswered The US president even bucked decades of US policy by stating North Korea was “sort of a nuclear power On Sunday, Trump posted an uncaptioned photo of himself and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un taken at a meeting in Singapore in 2018. #USIranSwissTalksPostponed #XRPDrops5%To$1.12 #IranOilFlowsSurgePostBlockade #VanceDelaysUSIranSwitzerlandTalks #StriveSaysSTRCSATASellOffIsLeverageLiquidation $BTC