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First Thing: Trump announces 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon after ‘excellent conversations’

US navy, the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the US Coast Guard. Photograph: Kyle

'Bit of pain' worth long-term security from Iran, Bessent tells BBC

US President Donald Trump announced a [US blockade of Iranian ports to stop exports](https://www.bbc.co.uk

US Congress temporarily extends controversial surveillance power under FISA

US Congress temporarily extends controversial surveillance power under FISA The United States Congress has temporarily

Pope Leo XIV says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ as US bishops express support

US bishops express support [Pope Leo XIV](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pope-leo-xiv) has said that the world

RFK Jr and podcast guest suggest food is affordable in the US – despite rising costs

US – despite rising costs The first episode of the new Secretary Kennedy Podcast, produced by the US

Chagos Islands treaty is now ‘impossible to agree at political level’, UK minister says

US support, Doughty said it had become impossible to agree an update to the the 1966 UK-US

Americanswers... on 5 Live! Donald Trump vs Pope Leo on Iran

US war with Iran. The US president has slammed the pope for being “weak” on crime

Why has Italy’s Giorgia Meloni suspended a defence pact with Israel?

US was called. That series of strikes killed hundreds of people in one of the country

Trump accuses ally Meloni of lacking courage for not joining attacks on Iran

US in attacking Iran. “I’m shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong

Can Japan’s arms industry gain from Trump trust loss?

US President Donald Trump declines, with him wavering on security commitments to allies and the wars

Inside the CDC’s leadership vacuum: work at a ‘standstill’ and low morale as 80% of top posts remain vacant

us look at issues related to pregnancy in the US. When you undermine it, you are essentially

What we know about the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

US State Department on Thursday, under the terms of the ceasefire agreement, Israel will “preserve

Wall Street seems to have decided the recession risk is over. Can the Australian market do the same?

US, “may have run ahead of itself”. “When I saw Wall Street was at a record

Wall Street scales fresh record high as investors bet on end of Iran war

US has since sent 15 warships and possibly thousands of US servicemembers to block all ships

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

US. [In an interview with Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-17/trump-says-iran-to-suspend-nuclear-program-won-t-get-funds), he said that talks over a deal

Have the Democrats found a new strategy to scare Trump?

US Senate in this year’s midterm elections? The north eastern state of Maine has become

Bernie Sanders pushes resolutions to block US weapons sales to Israel

US weapons sales to Israel An attempt set for Wednesday by senator [Bernie Sanders](https://www.theguardian.com

‘Uncharted territory’: uncertainty as US vaccine guidance falls apart under Trump

US vaccine guidance falls apart under Trump Several shots lost their recommendation from the US

US jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster subsidiary operated monopoly

US jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster subsidiary operated monopoly A jury has found that

Trump’s triumphal arch plan for US capital faces key federal review vote

US capital faces key federal review vote [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump)’s design for the triumphal