News of a potential reopening of the strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world\u2019s oil and liquid gas pass, sent stock markets higher and oil prices lower on Monday morning. Iran had closed the waterway to most shipping in the early days of the war mounted against it by the US and Israel.<\/p>\n
The secretariat of Iran\u2019s supreme national security council said war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, would end permanently from Monday night. The precise terms of the peace deal remain unclear and Julian Borger writes that in reopening the strait, on a basis yet to be fully explained, Donald Trump achieves little more than fixing a problem that he caused himself<\/a>. \u201cEven that is not in the bag yet. It is still a long way to Friday and a planned signing ceremony in Geneva, in view of all the fudges that have been packed into this compromise deal<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump declares US-Iran peace deal \u2018all signed\u2019 as he heads to G7<\/p>\n Donald Trump has declared that the strait of Hormuz will be \u201ccompletely open\u201d from Friday, as western leaders gathering at the G7 summit in \u00c9vian-les-Bains battled to prevent the fragile US deal with Iran<\/a> from almost immediately unravelling.<\/p>\n \u201cThe deal\u2019s all signed. And the strait \u2060is already partially opened,\u201d Trump said as he arrived at the summit in France, but Israeli breaches of the ceasefire in Lebanon and Iran\u2019s claims about its right to charge fees in the crucial waterway revealed the agreement\u2019s many loose ends<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Newsom says Trump directed DoJ to investigate him and his wife<\/p>\n Gavin Newsom said that Donald Trump<\/a> directed the US Department of Justice to investigate him and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The California governor said in a video statement<\/a> that federal agents had knocked on the doors of family friends and former employees in recent days as part of an effort to find a crime, demanding records and \u201cabusing the grand jury process\u201d.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n RFK Jr under fire for \u2018bullying\u2019 letter to scientific journal<\/p>\n Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, is demanding answers from a medical journal that recently removed a paper suggesting a link between vaccines and infant death, saying their decision was \u201cof great interest to me\u201d.<\/p>\n Public health advocates immediately criticized the move, and said Kennedy appeared to be trying to intimidate and influence the journal\u2019s editorial process. The journal Toxicology Reports had removed the paper this spring after editors determined it was so seriously flawed it could harm patients and pose a risk to public health.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Woman\u2019s hypothermia death after her release by ICE is ruled a homicide<\/p>\n A medical examiner has ruled the death of a Haitian asylum seeker in Pennsylvania<\/a> after being released from federal custody a homicide. Meanwhile, an attorney representing her family said he expects her relatives to sue Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> in connection with her death, though a spokesperson maintained in an email that the agency had \u201cNOTHING to do with this woman\u2019s death\u201d.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Eric Trump denies cheating allegations over White House UFC fights<\/p>\n Eric Trump has denied cheating allegations after screenshots shared online appeared to show UFC commentator Daniel Cormier receiving a message from an account under Trump\u2019s name asking whether any of the White House\u2019s UFC fights on Sunday would be rigged.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n What else happened today:<\/p>\n