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Here are the key updates of the day:
- Iran and the United States have announced a deal to end more than three months of war. The two countries will now attempt to negotiate a final agreement over Iran’s nuclear programme over the next 60 days. An official signing ceremony is expected to take place on 19 June in Switzerland.
- Details remain sketchy, with neither side publishing the text of the memorandum of understanding. The deal is expected to lead to the immediate re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of the US’s blockade on Iran. The US is also thought to have agreed to release billions of dollars of frozen Iranian assets and waive sanctions on its oil industry. Mediator Pakistan said the deal extends across the region – including to Israel’s ongoing war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
- But Israel is unhappy, with reports of strikes on Gaza and Lebanon, as well as domestic opposition to the deal becoming louder across all the political groups in the country.
