First Thing: Trump promises ‘great things’ for Middle East and claims Iran deal ‘all signed’
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The United States and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending their conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with Pakistan serving as mediator. President Trump, Vice President Vance, and Iranian parliament speaker Ghalibaf electronically signed the agreement. Key details of the accord remain undisclosed ahead of a formal signing ceremony scheduled for Friday in Switzerland.
Progressive: Progressive-leaning outlets emphasize that the deal has been signed and is in effect, treating it as a concrete achievement in ending the regional conflict.
Moderate: Centrist outlets question whether the accord represents a genuine strategic victory for Trump, noting it leaves the underlying situation largely unchanged despite thousands of deaths and creates complications for excluded allies like Israel.
Conservative: Conservative-leaning outlets acknowledge the breakthrough but stress that transparency is needed regarding what was actually agreed to, and caution that implementing sustained peace will require difficult follow-up work.
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Good morning. Donald Trump has declared the strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” from Friday. “The deal’s all signed. And the strait is already partially opened,” the US president said as he arrived at the G7 summit in France.
“I think a lot of great things are going to happen in the Middle East. And very importantly, the oil is plummeting down and the stock market is shooting up like a rocket today,” Trump said. “The main thing is that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. They fully agreed to that with strong policing powers, and they won’t have a nuclear weapon, which is what it was all about.”
What is the reaction in Israel? Analysts have pointed out that none of Benjamin Netanyahu’s promises at the beginning of the war – regime change in Tehran and the destruction of Iran’s nuclear programme – have been fulfilled. The Israeli prime minister did not denounce the deal, but distanced himself from the negotiations and said Israel would not leave the territory it was occupying in Lebanon.
What else is on the agenda at the G7 summit? The G7 will seek to shore up waning US support for Ukraine, with the UK’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, vowing to “choke off” Russian revenue with further sanctions and provide hundreds of millions of pounds’ worth of energy support for Ukraine.
What do experts say may have caused the crash? Jeff Guzzetti, an aviation safety expert, suspected a flight-control malfunction caused the crash, given how quickly the plane went down after takeoff. He noted that testing new equipment on a 70-year-old aircraft inherently heightened risks. “I think it was definitely a controllability issue,” he said.
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