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Get started at Vanta.com. It's Friday, the 24th of July. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, a new U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal, what another one, for Iran, appears to have collapsed almost as soon as it arrived in Tehran.

Now, President Trump says he's close to deciding whether to launch what he described as a, quote, massive attack.

Sounds like a band name. I'll have the details.

Later in the show, the Pentagon

quietly moved one of America's newest hypersonic weapons within range of China's coastline. We'll

explain what the deployment could mean and what it reveals about how the U.S. is preparing

for a potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. For weeks now, Washington

and Tecron have insisted that they remain open to negotiations. Seriously, that's what they've been

insisting. But judging by today's developments, both sides increasingly appear to believe that

they may get a better deal by first escalating the conflict. That shift came into focus

after a diplomatic opening briefly appeared earlier this week, but closed almost as quickly as

it emerged. Reports on Thursday revealed that Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi traveled to Tehran

carrying what was described as a new U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal,

just one week after he met personally with President Trump at the White House.

In Tehran, the Iraqi PM presented the offer to senior Iranian leaders, including President

Muzuzzyzykian and Foreign Minister Abbasarachi.

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