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Welcome to The Logoff: Big news broke just after yesterday’s newspaper came out: the United States and Iran reached a temporary ceasefire agreement, avoiding President Donald Trump’s threats to destroy civilization.
Although we may have missed important news yesterday, there is still a lot to catch up on today. Here’s what you need to know:
What’s the latest? As of Wednesday afternoon, a ceasefire between the US and Iran appears to be in place, but it is shaky. Iran has already accused the United States of violating several points of the agreement, and it is not clear whether the parties are on the same page about what has been agreed.
In particular, Israel’s attacks against Lebanon are still ongoing; on Wednesday, more than 250 people were killed to Israeli attacks. Iran and Pakistan, which have been mediating recent US-Iran talks, have said Lebanon should be covered by yesterday’s ceasefire.
However, talks appear to be moving forward: Vice President JD Vance and two other US negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are set to meet with Iranian officials in Pakistan on Saturday.
What has Trump said about this? On Tuesday evening, Trump wrote in a post that he had agreed to “suspend attacks and attacks on Iran for two weeks” because the United States was “too far away from a definitive Agreement on Long-Term PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East.”
Early Wednesday morning, he added that “(the United States) of America will help with traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. There will be many positive steps! A lot of money will be available.”
So far, however, it doesn’t look like the stream has reopened: According to BloombergAs few as three ships – out of hundreds – could pass on Wednesday.
And so, it’s time to leave…
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