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US and Iran deal to end war allows Tehran to sell oil and fuel – Middle East crisis live

The countries are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding on Friday before proceeding to the next stage of talks Full report: Trump declares deal ‘all signed’ as G7 leaders try to tie loose ends You can follow… Grouped from 2 articles across 1 sources.

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The GuardianJun 16, 2026, 8:28 PM

US and Iran deal to end war allows Tehran to sell oil and fuel – Middle East crisis live

The countries are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding on Friday before proceeding to the next stage of talks Full report: Trump declares deal ‘all signed’ as G7 leaders try to tie loose ends You can follow all the latest developments from the G7 summit in our Europe live blog: We will be including any Iran-related news from the summit in our Middle East crisis live blog. Continue reading...

The GuardianJun 16, 2026, 11:11 AM

First Thing: Trump promises ‘great things’ for Middle East and claims Iran deal ‘all signed’

The US president says Iran will not obtain nuclear weapons, ‘which is what it was all about’. Plus, how AI could help botanists combat the extinction risk to rare plants Good morning. Donald Trump has declared the strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” from Friday. “The deal’s all signed. And the strait ⁠is already partially opened,” the US president said as he arrived at the G7 summit in France. “I think a lot of great things are going to happen in the Middle East. And very importantly, the oil is plummeting down and the stock market is shooting up like a rocket today,” Trump said. “The main thing is that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. They fully agreed to that with strong policing powers, and they won’t have a nuclear weapon, which is what it was all about.” What is the reaction in Israel? Analysts have pointed out that none of Benjamin Netanyahu’s promises at the beginning of the war – regime change in Tehran and the destruction of Iran’s nuclear programme – have been fulfilled. The Israeli prime minister did not denounce the deal, but distanced himself from the negotiations and said Israel would not leave the territory it was occupying in Lebanon. What else is on the agenda at the G7 summit? The G7 will seek to shore up waning US support for Ukraine, with the UK’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, vowing to “choke off” Russian revenue with further sanctions and provide hundreds of millions of pounds’ worth of energy support for Ukraine. What do experts say may have caused the crash? Jeff Guzzetti, an aviation safety expert, suspected a flight-control malfunction caused the crash, given how quickly the plane went down after takeoff. He noted that testing new equipment on a 70-year-old aircraft inherently heightened risks. “I think it was definitely a controllability issue,” he said. Continue reading...

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