US and Iran prepare for ceasefire talks as Netanyahu authorizes...

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54% : In addition to talks in Iran, Israel-Lebanon negotiations are also expected to begin next week at the State Department in Washington - a potential boost to Middle East ceasefire efforts - according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the plans, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the delicacy of the matter.
47% : DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Negotiators from Iran and the United States prepared Friday for high-level talks planned to start a day later in Islamabad, seeking to steady a ceasefire teetering over Israel and Hezbollah exchanging fire and Tehran´s chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz.
46% : (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) People residing in an underground shelter pack up their belongings as they prepare to leave after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire agreement between Iran and the US, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 9, 2026.
45% : Early Friday morning, Israel´s military said it struck approximately 10 launchers in Lebanon that had fired rockets toward northern Israel on Thursday. Four tankers and three bulk carriers crossed through the strait Thursday, bringing the total number of ships passing through since the ceasefire to at least 12, according to the data firm Kpler.
34% : Trump said Thursday that he has asked Netanyahu to dial back the strikes in Lebanon. Lebanon´s health ministry said more than 300 people were killed and more than 1,100 wounded Wednesday by Israeli strikes on central Beirut and other areas of Lebanon that Israel said targeted Hezbollah, which joined the war in support of Tehran.
26% : Israel´s announcement of negotiations with Lebanon comes amid disagreement over whether the ceasefire deal included a pause in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and a day after Israel pounded Beirut with airstrikes, the deadliest day in Lebanon since the war began Feb. 28.
22% : Israel and Lebanon have technically been at war since Israel was established in 1948, and Netanyahu later stressed that there was no ceasefire between them.

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