From the New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Thursday, April 9th. Here's what we're covering.

A day into the ceasefire with Iran, two major issues are testing whether it will hold. The first, is the Strait of Hormuz actually open?

Iranian state media said yesterday that the waterway is closed. These reports publicly are false.

Then the White House offered its own confusing update, denying the straight is closed,

while at the same time calling for it to be reopened. And I will reiterate the president's

expectation and demand that the strait of Hermouse is reopened immediately, quickly, and safely.

According to data provided to the times by a global ship tracking firm on Wednesday,

just four ships had made it through, none of them, or oil or gas tankers.

The lack of traffic could reflect that sailors and the companies that ensure their ships are still nervous.

Iran laid mines in the waterway, and the country's official broadcaster said vessels must coordinate with the Iranian Navy to safely cross.

The ceasefire is also being tested by uncertainty about the situation in Lebanon.

Israel hit more than 100 targets there yesterday, where it's been fighting the Iran-backed militia

Hezbollah.

According to Lebanese officials, more than 200 people were killed, making it the deadliest

attack there in the war so far. Iran said those

strikes violated the deal. Seasfires are always messy. An hour after the president,

J.D. Vance has pushed back, though, denying Lebanon was covered by the agreement.

Neither us nor the Israelis said that that was going to be part of the ceasefire.

Again, we're working with people to try to get through some of these things.

But it's really fundamentally, we're on the right track.

We've got a lot more to do.

Talks about a more permanent peace deal will be held this weekend in Pakistan.

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