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US President Donald Trump has announced that the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire has been extended by three weeks. Here’s a quick recap of developments in Washington:
- Trump says Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House in the coming weeks as the US seeks to broker a longer lasting peace deal
- Oil prices have edged higher in Asia even after the announcement of the extended Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.
- Trump says he is under no pressure to end the conflict. Saying the US has “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz, the president says: “I don’t want to rush myself”
- Asked by the source about his threats towards Iran, Trump says that “whatever I’m doing, it seems to be working very well”
- He also says he will not use a nuclear weapon in Iran, saying that US has achieved its military aims in a conventional way
