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Trump says peace talks could resume in days as U.S. military blocks Iranian ports

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 13, 2026. **Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images** Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images However

Hegseth faces questions about Iran in first congressional appearance since war began

us at exactly the same place we were before." Iran's closing of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping corridor for the world's oil, has sent fuel prices skyrocketing and posed problems

What are Iran’s $100bn in frozen assets and where are they held?

talks is to release at least $6bn of its frozen assets, as a confidence-building measure. ## What are frozen assets? When the funds, property or securities of a person, company or country’s central bank

Friday briefing: How rising antisemitism is striking fear into the everyday lives of British Jews

Iran’s control over shipping in the strait of Hormuz and vowing to guard the country’s nuclear and missile programmes. 2. ***Environment*** | Governments have been asked to develop national “roadmaps” setting out how they

Ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire extension

responsible for the attack on the [second cargo vessel](https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2046856177288405045?s=20), only that there was no damage or injuries. [Iran's semi-official Fars new agency](https://farsnews.ir/Rahgozar_b/1776852637340052800/IRGC-Navy-Seizes-Two-Violating-Vessels-in-Regional-Waters-Transfers-Them-to-Iranian-Coast) later reported that the Iranian

U.S. attempt to open Strait of Hormuz tests fragile Iran war ceasefire

US of ceasefire violation Iran has said the new U.S. effort is a violation of the fragile ceasefire that has held for more than three weeks. In a post on X Tuesday, Iran's powerful

Iran foreign minister: strait of Hormuz now ‘completely open’ to commercial vessels

nuclear dust” and which he said would be retrieved at “a nice leisurely pace” and moved to the US. Iranian authorities made no immediate comment on the claim, but Tehran has long asserted that

Why and how is US blockading Iranian ports in Strait of Hormuz?

response to US-Israeli strikes. The US will rely on its fleet of naval vessels to control access to Iranian ports, and in turn restrict Tehran's ability to profit from oil exports

Crew members on hantavirus cruise ship to be evacuated | First Thing

nuclear program and to open the strait. - **This is a developing story.** Follow the live blog [here](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/06/trump-iran-hormuz-us-project-freedom-live-updates-middle-east-crisis). ## **Trump-backed Republicans win big in Indiana midterm primaries** ![A green and white sign declaring

European countries emerge as NATO leaders as U.S. role recedes

talks. The comment drew a sharp response from Trump, who soon indicated that U.S. troop levels in Germany were under review. [![Demonstrators hold photographs of Spain's prime minister and the killed Iranian supreme leader

Monday briefing: How is it possible the prime minister didn’t know about Mandelson’s vetting failure?

talks with the US in Islamabad, Iranian state media reported, as its military accused America of [violating a fragile ceasefire](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/19/trumps-sends-delegation-to-pakistan-for-possible-new-round-of-iran-war-talks) by attacking a cargo ship. 2. ***US news*** | At least eight children