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#Live #Updates #Witkoff #Kushner #Iran #peace #talks #Pakistan #White #HouseWar, Iran, Israel, Ceasefire, Donald Trump, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Middle East, Oil and Gas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Strait of Hormuz">Live Updates: Witkoff, Kushner to head to new Iran peace talks in Pakistan, White House sayshad suggested the swap to President Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
In a phone interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Zampolli said his “request is not a political request,” but rather meant as a contingency plan in case Iran could not participate in the soccer tournament.
After suggesting to the FT that, with four previous titles, the Italian national team’s appearance in the World Cup would be justified, he told the AP it was his “dream … for the Italian people and the American-Italian people.”
Italian officials pushed back hard at the suggestion, with Sports Minister Andrea Abodi saying Thursday, “first of all, it’s not possible. Secondly, it’s not a good idea.”
Luciano Buonfiglio, the president of the Italian Olympic Committee, which oversees all sports in Italy, also dismissed the idea, saying he “would feel offended,” as “you need to deserve to go to the World Cup.”
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Sports officials in four-time world champion Italy say the country is not interested in replacing Iran at the upcoming 2026 World Cup, following a suggestion of the move by a Trump administration official.
Iran has not withdrawn from the World Cup, and the team is preparing to play in the championship taking place this year in the U.S., Mexico and Canada despite the ongoing war in the Middle East.Â
FIFA, the global soccer authority behind the World Cup, has insisted that Iran’s group stage games in California and Washington state will go ahead as planned in June.
The Financial Times reported this week that Paolo Zampolli, the U.S. special envoy for global partnerships, had suggested the swap to President Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
In a phone interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Zampolli said his “request is not a political request,” but rather meant as a contingency plan in case Iran could not participate in the soccer tournament.
After suggesting to the FT that, with four previous titles, the Italian national team’s appearance in the World Cup would be justified, he told the AP it was his “dream … for the Italian people and the American-Italian people.”
Italian officials pushed back hard at the suggestion, with Sports Minister Andrea Abodi saying Thursday, “first of all, it’s not possible. Secondly, it’s not a good idea.”
Luciano Buonfiglio, the president of the Italian Olympic Committee, which oversees all sports in Italy, also dismissed the idea, saying he “would feel offended,” as “you need to deserve to go to the World Cup.”
CBS/AP
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#political #deadlock #LebanonNewsfeed, Show Types, Hezbollah, Israel attacks Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East">Why is there a political deadlock in Lebanon?NewsFeed
The Lebanese government wants Hezbollah to disarm as it aims for a state monopoly on weapons. But does it have the political and military power to force Hezbollah to do so?
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The Lebanese government wants Hezbollah to disarm as it aims for a state monopoly on weapons. But does it have the political and military power to force Hezbollah to do so?
Published On 24 Apr 2026
NewsFeedThe Lebanese government wants Hezbollah to disarm as it aims for a state monopoly on…
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Live Updates: Trump says U.S. will continue blockade after Iran says Strait of Hormuz
Live Updates: Trump says U.S. will continue blockade after Iran says Strait of Hormuz
World shares were mixed Friday even after Wall Street set another record, as investors watched for signs of more U.S.-Iran talks and an extension of the ceasefire of the Iran war that is expiring next week.
Oil prices fell Friday, while U.S. futures edged up.
President Trump suggested Thursday that he’s open to extending the two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, and Iran’s U.N. envoy said Tehran remained “cautiously optimistic” over negotiations with the U.S.
As optimism over an extended ceasefire grew, oil prices fell early Friday after climbing a day earlier. Brent crude, the international standard, was 3.2% lower at $96.25 per barrel. It had surged roughly 40% since the beginning of the Iran war in late February. Benchmark U.S. crude was down 3.6% to $87.86 a barrel.
Global energy shocks are growing over impacts of the Iran war, with the Strait of Hormuz remaining largely closed while the U.S. imposed a sea blockade on Iranian ports. The head of the International Energy Agency told The Associated Press on Thursday that Europe has “maybe six weeks or so” of jet fuel supplies remaining and warned of flight cancellations “soon.”Â
In stocks, U.S. futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, while futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both ticked up 0.3% Friday.
Early European trading saw Britain’s FTSE 100 index down 0.2% to 10,567.17. France’s CAC 40 was 0.4% higher at 8,293.21, while Germany’s DAX gained 0.6% to 24,308.82.
Asian stocks were mostly lower. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.8% to 58,475.90 after reaching an all-time high on Thursday. South Korea’s Kospi was 0.6% lower at 6,191.92. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 0.9% to 26,160.33. The Shanghai Composite index edged down 0.1% to 4,051.43.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.1%. Taiwan’s Taiex traded 0.9% lower, while India’s Sensex gained 0.7%.
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World shares were mixed Friday even after Wall Street set another record, as investors watched for signs of more U.S.-Iran talks and an extension of the ceasefire of the Iran war that is expiring next week.
Oil prices fell Friday, while U.S. futures edged up.
President Trump suggested Thursday that he’s open to extending the two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, and Iran’s U.N. envoy said Tehran remained “cautiously optimistic” over negotiations with the U.S.
As optimism over an extended ceasefire grew, oil prices fell early Friday after climbing a day earlier. Brent crude, the international standard, was 3.2% lower at $96.25 per barrel. It had surged roughly 40% since the beginning of the Iran war in late February. Benchmark U.S. crude was down 3.6% to $87.86 a barrel.
Global energy shocks are growing over impacts of the Iran war, with the Strait of Hormuz remaining largely closed while the U.S. imposed a sea blockade on Iranian ports. The head of the International Energy Agency told The Associated Press on Thursday that Europe has “maybe six weeks or so” of jet fuel supplies remaining and warned of flight cancellations “soon.”Â
In stocks, U.S. futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, while futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both ticked up 0.3% Friday.
Early European trading saw Britain’s FTSE 100 index down 0.2% to 10,567.17. France’s CAC 40 was 0.4% higher at 8,293.21, while Germany’s DAX gained 0.6% to 24,308.82.
Asian stocks were mostly lower. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.8% to 58,475.90 after reaching an all-time high on Thursday. South Korea’s Kospi was 0.6% lower at 6,191.92. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 0.9% to 26,160.33. The Shanghai Composite index edged down 0.1% to 4,051.43.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.1%. Taiwan’s Taiex traded 0.9% lower, while India’s Sensex gained 0.7%.
World shares were mixed Friday even after Wall Street set another record, as investors watched…
![Live Updates: Trump threatens Iran as dispute over Israel’s war in Lebanon casts doubt on ceasefire
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh told CBS News partner network BBC that Israel’s attacks on Lebanon Wednesday were “a grave violation” of the ceasefire agreement, adding that the U.S. must choose “between war and ceasefire – you cannot have it both at the same time.”“You cannot ask for a ceasefire and then accept terms and conditions, accept areas the ceasefire is applied to, and name Lebanon, exactly Lebanon in that, and then your ally just start a massacre,” Khatibzadeh said. When asked if Iran would tell Hezbollah, its proxy group in Lebanon, to stop firing rockets into Israel, Khatibzadeh said “it is quite clear that Hezbollah is [a] pure Lebanese freedom movement.”He did not deny that Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers help train and arm Hezbollah fighters, but said “it is not true that they are acting on behalf of us.” He said the agreement between the U.S. and Iran applied to each country and its allies.Despite Israel’s attacks in Lebanon, Khatibzadeh said Iran remained “very much focused on getting [an agreement] done.”On the Strait of Hormuz, Khatibzadeh said: “Definitely, we are going to provide security for safe passage and it is going to happen after the United States actually withdraws this aggression.”He said Iran would determine a “protocol which is going to run from now on on safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz” with Oman “and, of course, with [the] international community.” “I think that we have shown to everybody that energy security is important for Iran, it’s important for this body of water in the Persian Gulf, and we are going to abide by the international norms and international law … If safe passage mean[s] that a new protocol that ensure[s] forever that this body of water will be peaceful, then that’s okay” but that safety should be two-sided, Khatibzadeh said.The diplomat said Iran had “many doubts” about the prospects for a final peace agreement with the U.S., suggesting Tehran believed Washington could just be exhausting diplomatic channels but planning to revert to military force, or “dictating and not compromising.”Â
#Live #Updates #Trump #threatens #Iran #dispute #Israels #war #Lebanon #casts #doubt #ceasefireWar, Iran, Israel, Ceasefire, Donald Trump, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Oil and Gas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Strait of Hormuz](https://i2.wp.com/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/04/09/35ce3c67-6e46-4b95-8460-e28d6ef8572f/thumbnail/1200x630/fabcdfd319ad950c1dab58c6c2a2d7b4/lebanon-israel-war-2269923715.jpg?ssl=1 "Live Updates: Trump threatens Iran as dispute over Israel’s war in Lebanon casts doubt on ceasefire
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh told CBS News partner network BBC that Israel’s attacks on Lebanon Wednesday were “a grave violation” of the ceasefire agreement, adding that the U.S. must choose “between war and ceasefire – you cannot have it both at the same time.”“You cannot ask for a ceasefire and then accept terms and conditions, accept areas the ceasefire is applied to, and name Lebanon, exactly Lebanon in that, and then your ally just start a massacre,” Khatibzadeh said. When asked if Iran would tell Hezbollah, its proxy group in Lebanon, to stop firing rockets into Israel, Khatibzadeh said “it is quite clear that Hezbollah is [a] pure Lebanese freedom movement.”He did not deny that Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers help train and arm Hezbollah fighters, but said “it is not true that they are acting on behalf of us.” He said the agreement between the U.S. and Iran applied to each country and its allies.Despite Israel’s attacks in Lebanon, Khatibzadeh said Iran remained “very much focused on getting [an agreement] done.”On the Strait of Hormuz, Khatibzadeh said: “Definitely, we are going to provide security for safe passage and it is going to happen after the United States actually withdraws this aggression.”He said Iran would determine a “protocol which is going to run from now on on safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz” with Oman “and, of course, with [the] international community.” “I think that we have shown to everybody that energy security is important for Iran, it’s important for this body of water in the Persian Gulf, and we are going to abide by the international norms and international law … If safe passage mean[s] that a new protocol that ensure[s] forever that this body of water will be peaceful, then that’s okay” but that safety should be two-sided, Khatibzadeh said.The diplomat said Iran had “many doubts” about the prospects for a final peace agreement with the U.S., suggesting Tehran believed Washington could just be exhausting diplomatic channels but planning to revert to military force, or “dictating and not compromising.”Â
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Live Updates: Trump threatens Iran as dispute over Israel’s war in Lebanon casts doubt on ceasefire
Live Updates: Trump threatens Iran as dispute over Israel’s war in Lebanon casts doubt on ceasefire
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh told CBS News partner network BBC that Israel’s attacks on Lebanon Wednesday were “a grave violation” of the ceasefire agreement, adding that the U.S. must choose “between war and ceasefire – you cannot have it both at the same time.”
“You cannot ask for a ceasefire and then accept terms and conditions, accept areas the ceasefire is applied to, and name Lebanon, exactly Lebanon in that, and then your ally just start a massacre,” Khatibzadeh said.Â
When asked if Iran would tell Hezbollah, its proxy group in Lebanon, to stop firing rockets into Israel, Khatibzadeh said “it is quite clear that Hezbollah is [a] pure Lebanese freedom movement.”
He did not deny that Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers help train and arm Hezbollah fighters, but said “it is not true that they are acting on behalf of us.” He said the agreement between the U.S. and Iran applied to each country and its allies.
Despite Israel’s attacks in Lebanon, Khatibzadeh said Iran remained “very much focused on getting [an agreement] done.”
On the Strait of Hormuz, Khatibzadeh said: “Definitely, we are going to provide security for safe passage and it is going to happen after the United States actually withdraws this aggression.”
He said Iran would determine a “protocol which is going to run from now on on safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz” with Oman “and, of course, with [the] international community.”Â
“I think that we have shown to everybody that energy security is important for Iran, it’s important for this body of water in the Persian Gulf, and we are going to abide by the international norms and international law … If safe passage mean[s] that a new protocol that ensure[s] forever that this body of water will be peaceful, then that’s okay” but that safety should be two-sided, Khatibzadeh said.
The diplomat said Iran had “many doubts” about the prospects for a final peace agreement with the U.S., suggesting Tehran believed Washington could just be exhausting diplomatic channels but planning to revert to military force, or “dictating and not compromising.”Â
#Live #Updates #Trump #threatens #Iran #dispute #Israels #war #Lebanon #casts #doubt #ceasefireWar, Iran, Israel, Ceasefire, Donald Trump, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Oil and Gas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh told CBS News partner network BBC that Israel’s attacks on Lebanon Wednesday were “a grave violation” of the ceasefire agreement, adding that the U.S. must choose “between war and ceasefire – you cannot have it both at the same time.”
“You cannot ask for a ceasefire and then accept terms and conditions, accept areas the ceasefire is applied to, and name Lebanon, exactly Lebanon in that, and then your ally just start a massacre,” Khatibzadeh said.Â
When asked if Iran would tell Hezbollah, its proxy group in Lebanon, to stop firing rockets into Israel, Khatibzadeh said “it is quite clear that Hezbollah is [a] pure Lebanese freedom movement.”
He did not deny that Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers help train and arm Hezbollah fighters, but said “it is not true that they are acting on behalf of us.” He said the agreement between the U.S. and Iran applied to each country and its allies.
Despite Israel’s attacks in Lebanon, Khatibzadeh said Iran remained “very much focused on getting [an agreement] done.”
On the Strait of Hormuz, Khatibzadeh said: “Definitely, we are going to provide security for safe passage and it is going to happen after the United States actually withdraws this aggression.”
He said Iran would determine a “protocol which is going to run from now on on safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz” with Oman “and, of course, with [the] international community.”Â
“I think that we have shown to everybody that energy security is important for Iran, it’s important for this body of water in the Persian Gulf, and we are going to abide by the international norms and international law … If safe passage mean[s] that a new protocol that ensure[s] forever that this body of water will be peaceful, then that’s okay” but that safety should be two-sided, Khatibzadeh said.
The diplomat said Iran had “many doubts” about the prospects for a final peace agreement with the U.S., suggesting Tehran believed Washington could just be exhausting diplomatic channels but planning to revert to military force, or “dictating and not compromising.”Â
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Israel, Lebanon officials meet as pressure mounts to disarm Hezbollah
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