Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett.

And I'm Amna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran

seizes ships and President Trump threatens to attack vessels laying mines.

The federal government reclassifies marijuana as a less dangerous drug, changing the way it's regulated and researched.

And we report from Uganda on the Trump administration's conditions for foreign aid and the potential impacts on disease prevention.

It's about protecting them from HIV, protecting them from unplanned or unwanted pregnancies,

but also other sexually transmitted infections.

Welcome to the NewsHour. President Trump announced late today that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by three weeks.

That ceasefire covers fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group based in Lebanon.

Separately, Mr. Trump told reporters earlier he was in no

rush to reach a deal with Iran after his latest ceasefire extension. Our Stephanie Syne

begins our coverage. Just two days after President Trump extended his two-week ceasefire with Iran,

the prospect of talks is giving way to more tensions

and brinksmanship from both sides at sea. Iranian state TV broadcast this highly produced video,

complete with drone footage and a soundtrack, purportedly showing the country's Revolutionary Guard

taking control of two vessels yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz.

The vessel, Majestic X, we intend to conduct the boarding of your vessel.

The Pentagon released its own footage of U.S. forces on the deck of an oil tanker today in the Indian Ocean,

a ship accused of smuggling Iranian oil, and President Trump

posted to social media that he had ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat

that threatens the strait by laying underwater mines or otherwise without hesitation.

Speaking to reporters today, the president said he's in no rush to set a deadline

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