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Trump pulls back threats
threatened attacks on Iranian bridges and power plants, as the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Supreme National Security U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Council said it has accepted the ceaseback on his threats to launch devastatfire and that it would negotiate with the ing strikes on Iran yesterday, swerving United States in Islamabad beginning to deescalate the war less than two Friday. Neither Iran nor the United hours before the deadline he set for States said when the ceasefire would beTehran to capitulate to a deal. gin, and attacks took place in Israel, Iran Trump said he was holding off on his and across the Gulf region early today. Israel has also agreed to the ceasefire, AN EXCAVATOR removes rubble as a according to a White House official who firefighter sprays water on smoldering was not authorized to comment publicdebris at the site of a strike that dely and spoke on condition of anonymstroyed half of a Synagogue and nearby [See IRAN, page 19] homes in Tehran yesterday. AP photo.
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CONSULATE ATTACKED: Turkish officials say gunmen attacked police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul. The battle left an assailant dead and two officers wounded. JOURNALIST RELEASED: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that American journalist Shelley Kittleson, who was kidnapped last week in Iraq, has been released. Kittleson was abducted by the Iranbacked Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah from a street corner in Baghdad. SPACE CALL: Astronauts on Artemis II chatted with their friends aboard the International Space Station yesterday, marking the first time a [See THE UPDATE, page 4]
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