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Hello and welcome to Non-Zero World. I'm your host, Connor Eccles.

Later in the show, I'm going to have a great interview with John Hoffman of the Cato Institute, who will bring us the latest on all of the big Middle East news, including

U.S. Iran talks, the situation in Yemen, and also the escalation in Gaza. But first, here

are some of the biggest headlines from this week.

After two months of U.S. airstrikes that have killed at least 200 civilians,

President Trump announced a ceasefire with Yemen's Houthi militants.

The Houthis agreed to stop attacking U.S. ships, but said they would continue their attacks on Israel and Israeli-linked merchant vessels

until the war in Gaza comes to an end.

Around the time of Trump's announcements, a U.S. fighter jet careened off an aircraft carrier

and became the second American military plane involved in the assault on Yemen to sink in the Red Sea in eight days.

The Trump administration plans to deport migrants of various nationalities to war-torn Libya,

despite opposition from both factions that claim to be Libya's rightful rulers, according to Reuters.

Refugee advocates say the deportations would violate the international legal principle of

non-refoolment, which prohibits forcefully sending migrants to a dangerous place. But this rule

seems not to be top of mind for the Trump administration. Back in January, according to a new

report from the Washington Post, several officials from the Trump administration asked Ukraine if it would be willing to take U.S. deportees.

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