Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz.

And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, renewed hope for a diplomatic end to the war

with Iran, while the dispute over the Strait of Hormuz continues to roil the global economy.

An army soldier is charged after allegedly using classified information to bet on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

And residents of southern Lebanon use the ceasefire as an opportunity to return home and take stock of what's been lost.

Everything is gone. There's no electricity, there's no water, no phone networks. They hit it during

the previous war. It was repaired, but during this war, we lost a lot of infrastructure.

Welcome to the News Hour.

An American delegation is headed back to Pakistan tonight to continue talks geared toward ending the war with Iran.

One of the focal points of any discussion will be the Strait of Hormuz, where vital maritime traffic remains largely frozen. But while Iran's foreign minister is now already in the Pakistani capital, late today his spokesman said there is

no meeting planned with the Americans. Stephanie Sye again begins our coverage tonight.

Tonight, fresh hope for a path forward in the negotiations between the U.S. and Iran.

We've certainly seen some progress from the Iranian side in the last couple of days.

The White House confirmed today that special envoy Steve Whitkoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner,

will travel to Pakistan tomorrow for direct talks with Iran,

notably absent from the team, Vice President J.D. Vance. He was set to go to Pakistan earlier this

week, but was suddenly pulled back to the White House, which now says he's on standby to travel

should there be substantial progress in negotiations. As the extended ceasefire

holds for a third week, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says Iran pushed for renewed talks.

The Iranians want to talk. They want to talk in person. And so the president is, as I've said,

many, many times to all of you, always willing to give diplomacy a chance.

But Iran has not yet confirmed it is sending diplomats to Islamabad for direct talks with the U.S.

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