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braced Trump calls off Iran strike wave, citing outlines of a deal Death toll in Ceuta rises to 67 as EU convenes emergency meeting WHO says Congo's Ebola response is falling behind the outbreak Lithuania summons Russian envoy after Kyiv barrage damages embassy 112 bodies recovered from Gaza's Sabra district after two-week search Projectile hits LNG tanker at entrance to Strait of Hormuz Israeli strikes kill at least eight in Gaza as disarmament roadmap stalls Kuwait says Iranian drones struck government facility Washington and Silicon Valley split over cheap Chinese AI models Hungary shuts its only nuclear plant as Danube falls to record low Hamas says it has met its ceasefire obligations as UAE backs disarmament deal OpenAI widens probe after new agent containment breaches Oil stays elevated as Hormuz tanker traffic falters Wildfires and extreme heat grip southern Europe US embassies urge Americans to consider leaving the Middle East Japan ends rescue at quake-hit mall as heat compounds disaster Iran warns Gulf states and threatens retaliation over Hormuz Tehran condemns US-Saudi strike on militia positions in Iraq Israeli military says it killed Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon US order pushes arms makers to drop Chinese rare earths China stages drills and issues new rules at Scarborough Shoal Analysis indicates US bomb killed three civilians on Qeshm Michigan reports cyberattacks on water systems after FBI warning Warnings of sharp food price rises as heat and war squeeze grain supplies Fighting flares in western Tigray as Ethiopia and TPLF trade blame EU calls emergency ministers' meeting on Ceuta as Sánchez attacks partners Japan and US act jointly to halt the yen's slide Israeli raids and settler attacks surge across the West Bank EU labelling rule for AI-generated content takes effect China tests JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile Bomb kills three at Moscow restaurant Rosatom vessel sinks in Black Sea after Ukrainian drone attack India-China trade resumes at Shipki La pass after six years Truck bomb at Cúcuta police station wounds at least 11 Sightseeing plane crashes near Peru's Nazca Lines, killing 13 AIDS conference in Rio centres on missing aid money Rubio says US will test prospects for resuming Ukraine talks New Zealand seals third Pacific defence pact in under four months Tech stocks tumble on spending worries US-backed democracy talks sideline Venezuela's opposition leader BDI warns of a 'China shock 2.0' hitting German industry Infantino under pressure after scrapping World Cup sell-off plan Tunisians protest as heatwave strains the power grid Analyst says China has a way to answer US sanctions bill China releases footage of Type 076 assault ship catapult test Attack in Indian-administered Kashmir kills one China says it will fight new US import ban Nicaragua reform extends presidential terms and curbs opposition US agents detain migrants at airports under new federal rule Warsh's silence leaves stock and bond traders braced

Symbolic image: Trump calls off Iran strike wave, citing outlines of a deal

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Trump calls off Iran strike wave, citing outlines of a deal

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US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had cancelled a planned major attack on Iran, saying Tehran and other Middle Eastern states had agreed the "outlines of a deal". He named two conditions: the complete opening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to Iran's nuclear threat.

What happened

CBS News reported on Friday, 31 July, that the US and Israel were preparing strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure, possible over the weekend.
At Camp David the same day Trump said "We'll be hitting them very hard"; CBS and Axios reported no final execution order had been issued.
The war entered its 155th day on Saturday, 1 August, according to The American Conservative.
UKMTO reported an explosion near a tanker off Oman on Saturday morning; Kuwait's army said it intercepted Iranian drones.
Brent crude closed Friday just under $88 a barrel; AAA put the US average gasoline price at $4.10 a gallon.

The view from outside

FAZ reports that Iran's and Saudi Arabia's foreign ministers spoke as the strike plan circulated, a channel largely absent from US coverage; Bloomberg, citing Axios, reports Saudi concern about the plan itself.

What could happen next

No text of the agreement has been published; Trump made the halt conditional on reaching a deal quickly.
Whether Israel was ever committed is disputed: an Israeli official told CBS it knew of no decision to restart operations.
The strait's reopening remains unverified; the New York Times reported it closed as of Saturday.
In Congress, lawmakers from both parties press for withdrawal, including a bill to defund the campaign, Tehran Times reports.

How the camps see it

United States: Trump says the military is ready but he cancelled the attack to allow a rapid deal; the White House accuses Tehran of breaking last month's memorandum.
Iran: Tehran warns it will respond decisively to any new aggression and threatens to close Hormuz and other trade chokepoints more tightly if the war continues.

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