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America and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, Donald Trump announced on social media.
He said the deal would restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz
and that America would lift its blockade of Iranian ports.
The agreement could pave the way for talks aimed at permanently ending the war and addressing Iran's nuclear program.
Iran said the deal would be signed in Geneva on June 19th.
British armed forces seized a tanker carrying roughly 700,000 barrels of Russian oil in the English Channel.
It is their first operation against Russia's shadow fleet.
The Smyrtos was boarded after Kamerun removed it from its shipping register.
Sokyostama, Britain's prime minister, said the move reminded those fueling Putin's war in Ukraine
that we will not let them hide.
Mr Trump spoke separately with Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky.
According to the Kremlin, Mr Trump told Russia's president