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America's war secretary, Pete Hegseth, implored Iran's leaders to make a deal with Donald Trump,

saying the country faced a new regime. In reality, Iran's security

forces have tightened control. Abbasarachi, Iran's foreign minister, said Iran has neither

responded to a 15-point American proposal nor offered one of its own. Iran, he said,

would consider only an agreement that brings the conflict to an end rather than a short-term ceasefire. Meanwhile, the SMP 500 and Nasdaq indices

posted their biggest gains in months and oil prices fell.

Sentiment was lifted by a report in the Wall Street Journal,

which said that Mr. Trump told AIDS he was willing to wind down the conflict even if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed,

suggesting it would reopen automatically once American forces withdrew.

Israel plans to destroy villages in southern Lebanon and block some 600,000 displaced residents

from returning until the safety of residents of northern Israel is guaranteed, its defense minister said.

Israeli forces would retain control over a buffer zone some 30 kilometers inside Lebanon,

even after its offensive against Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group, ended.

Envidia said it would invest $2 billion in Marvel technology, a smaller chipmaker, to offer

customers seamless integration between the custom AI chips that Marvel makes and NVIDIA's version.

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