🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- For clarification, the recent article from the Washington Post talking about additional troops is not a new deployment. The article discusses the deployment of the USS George H.W. Bush carrier group and the USS Boxer, along with its amphibious assault group. These were known to be on their way for over 2 weeks and the article only states they will soon enter the CENTCOM area of responsibility.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "The U.S. blockade on Iranian ports and renewed Iranian threats have imperiled the week-old agreement, but regional officials said Wednesday they were making progress, telling The Associated Press that the United States and Iran had given an “in principle agreement” to extend it to allow for more diplomacy." - Associated Press.

🇹🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Another school shooting has taken place in Turkey, this time in Kahramanmaraş. At least 4 deaths and 20 injuries are reported.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇮🇷⚡️- "China is very happy that I am permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz. I am doing it for them, also - And the World. This situation will never happen again. They have agreed not to send weapons to Iran. President Xi will give me a big, fat, hug when I get there in a few weeks. We are working together smartly, and very well! Doesn’t that beat fighting??? BUT REMEMBER, we are very good at fighting, if we have to - far better than anyone else!!! President DJT" - President Trump via Truth Social.

🇺🇸⚡- Sebastian Gorka looks to be the potential replacement for Joe Kent as the chief of National Counterterrorism.

To note, according to the Washington Post, “Gorka has been involved in broadening the administration's definition of terrorist threats to include far-left groups.”

🇺🇳🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "Yesterday afternoon, a routine convoy transporting military and civilian peacekeepers, along with essential contractors, from Beirut to UNIFIL headquarters was halted by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel a few kilometres from its destination in Naqoura.
 
UN-marked vehicles were eventually allowed to proceed; however, local contractors were required to return to Beirut under security arrangements, despite the convoy having been fully deconflicted in advance, including their presence.
 
This is not an isolated incident. Similar restrictions, through physical roadblocks or the reversal of prior clearances, have affected both peacekeepers and the essential personnel who support them. These actions raise concerns regarding the timely delivery of critical supplies, including food, fuel, and water, to UNIFIL positions, particularly along the Blue Line.
 
We reiterate our call on the IDF to honour agreed arrangements and to uphold its obligations to ensure the safety and security of peacekeepers, as well as the freedom of movement of all UNIFIL patrols and logistical convoys" - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

🇺🇸🇭🇺⚡- "He’s a good man. I think he’s going to do a good job,” President Donald Trump said of newly elected Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "Following monitoring and pressure from Iran, a ceasefire in Lebanon will be approved starting tonight

The duration of the ceasefire will be one week and will extend until the end of the ceasefire period between Iran and the United States" - Al-Mayadeen, Lebanese Media citing a Senior Iranian political-security source.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "Senior Israeli official, following reports from Lebanon of a ceasefire starting tonight: 'We have not received a decision or a request to cease fire'" - N12, Israeli media.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- N12 reports that the Israeli cabinet will convene in 4 hours to discuss a possible ceasefire with Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "Washington is pressuring Jerusalem to implement a complete ceasefire and refrain from attacking inside Lebanon—starting as early as the coming days. A political source told N12 that the Americans are proposing that the ceasefire be defined as “temporary,” at the end of which—just like in Iran—there will be an ultimatum to resume fighting within a week. Israel has not yet decided on the matter, which was also raised at yesterday’s meeting of ambassadors in Washington.

In any case, the IDF is already preparing for a “stop” signal from the political echelon and has shifted into high gear with plans that may be shelved in southern Lebanon. The Political-Security Cabinet will convene this evening, though, as mentioned, there is still no final Israeli decision on the matter, and cabinet ministers are pushing for exactly the opposite—to resume strikes in Beirut and across the Litani River" - N12, Israeli Media.

🇻🇦⚡- Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Cameroon, the second stop during his African tour.

🇺🇸⚡- JD Vance will campaign in Iowa later this month, where he is scheduled to host a TPUSA event at Iowa State University and appear with GOP representative Zach Nunn in Iowa’s 3rd congressional district.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "During the first 48 hours of the U.S. blockade on ships entering and exiting Iranian ports, no vessels have made it past U.S. forces. Additionally, 9 vessels have complied with direction from U.S. forces to turn around and return toward an Iranian port or coastal area." - U.S. Central Command.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- U.S. Central Command have released audio from US Naval vessels enforcing the blockade.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: An agreement has been reached for a ceasefire in Lebanon after Iranian pressure and Pakistani mediation efforts, according to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.

The ceasefire is set to begin in the coming hours, Iran linked a new round of negotiations with a ceasefire in Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Iranian pressures, especially using the Hormuz card, may succeed in reaching a ceasefire in Lebanon, A senior Hezbollah source tells Al Jazeera.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- There is heavy American pressure on Israel for a ceasefire in southern Lebanon, according to Israeli Channel 13.