U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says a deal with Iran has regional backing but a nuclear agreement can't be reached "in 72 hours on the back of a napkin."

Iran: The US-Iran deal "will be completely cancelled" over $100 billion in frozen assets Washington now wants tied to nuclear concessions. Tehran rejects the linkage, per Tasnim.

The White House walked back its "largely negotiated" claim. Senior US officials now say the deal "could still fall apart."

Trump went from "deal coming shortly" yesterday to "time is on our side" today, insisting the blockade "will remain in full force." Iran says lifting it is a precondition.

The IDF will hold a pre-planned military exercise tomorrow morning in the northern Golan Heights. Heavy troop and vehicle movement, gunfire, and explosion sounds are expected in the area. The drill is part of the 2026 training schedule.

EXCLUSIVE: HMS Lyme Bay seen loading ammunition, supplies, and mine-hunting sea drones in Gibraltar while en route to the Strait of Hormuz region.

I stand by my stance: it’s hard for me to see Iran giving up its enriched uranium.

The IRGC hardliner class would see it as folding to the U.S.

Latest Trump post during the Iran negotiations.

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Navy Secretary Hung: The U.S. has paused a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan.

Advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader, Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei: "Our fingers are on the trigger."

Trump reportedly told several Arab and Muslim leaders he wants their countries to move toward normalization with Israel if an agreement is reached to end the Iran war. - Axios

Iranian parliament spokesman Ebrahim Rezaei says the U.S. is “begging” for negotiations with the Islamic Republic, adding Tehran has not requested talks or a ceasefire “even once” since the war began.

Aerial footage shows the massive industrial fire in South Gate, California.

Note: This is unrelated to the chemical leak in Garden Grove.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio:

"The U.S. stands firmly with the legitimate Government of Lebanon as it works to restore its authority and build a better future for all its people. Hizballah's threats of violence and overthrow will not be allowed to succeed. The era in which a terrorist group held an entire nation hostage is coming to an end."

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Toshifumi Suzuki, the Japanese businessman credited with transforming 7-Eleven into a global convenience store empire, has passed away. He was 93.

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Iran:

"We're still a work in progress. As I said, you know, we thought we might have some news last night. Maybe today I wouldn't read too much into it. It takes a little while to hear back.

So we have what I think is a pretty solid thing on the table in terms of their ability to open up the straits, get the straits open, enter into a very real, significant, time-limited negotiation on the nuclear matters. And hopefully we can pull it off.

It has a lot of support in the Gulf. It has a lot of support in the U.S. Globally, every country that we've walked through it understands it's not just very reasonable, but it's the right thing for the world to get done. As the president said, he's not in a hurry. He's not going to make a bad deal. I mean, the president's not going to make a bad agreement. So let's see what happens.

Well, we're going to give diplomacy every chance to succeed before we explore the alternatives."

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Belarusian opposition leader Tikhanovskaya in Ukraine for first official visit, invited by Zelensky.

The IDF's Arabic-language spokesperson has ordered evacuations in 10 southern Lebanese villages, citing violations of the ceasefire agreement.

Ali Abdollahi, commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters, met yesterday with deputy Iranian army commander Habibollah Sayari and IRGC air force chief Majid Mousavi at anniversary events for the liberation of Khorramshahr. The gathering is noted as unusual for the current period.

An IDF drone conducted an emergency landing in central Israel due to a technical malfunction. The aircraft was recovered. No damage or casualties reported. - IDF