{"id":368706,"date":"2026-04-08T00:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/368706\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T00:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:44:16","slug":"live-donald-trump-agrees-to-two-week-ceasefire-in-iran-hours-before-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/368706\/","title":{"rendered":"Live: Donald Trump agrees to two-week ceasefire in Iran hours before deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&#8217;s military has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/world\/591753\/trump-agrees-to-ceasefire-as-israel-reports-missiles-fired-by-iran\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">warned Iran has fired missiles toward it<\/a>, moments after US President Donald Trump said he had agreed to postpone striking Iranian infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The warning came just minutes after Trump said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/political\/591746\/finance-minister-condemns-trump-over-iran-civilisation-threat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had agreed to suspend a devastating attack<\/a> on Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/world\/591753\/trump-agrees-to-ceasefire-as-israel-reports-missiles-fired-by-iran\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">by two weeks and was ready for a ceasefire<\/a> in the war if Tehran completely reopens the vital Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The (Israeli army) identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,&#8221; the military said on its official Telegram channel.<\/p>\n<p>Blasts were heard from Jerusalem and Jericho on the occupied West Bank, AFP correspondents said.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military told people in the areas affected by the incoming missile warnings to seek safety in bomb shelters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Reuters \/ CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel&#8217;s military has warned Iran has fired missiles toward it, moments after US President Donald Trump said he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-368706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-podcasts","13":"tag-public-radio","14":"tag-radio-new-zealand","15":"tag-rnz","16":"tag-top-news","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-topnews","19":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}