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- Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran is continuing talks with Oman on shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz, but warns reopening the waterway will depend on the US upholding the MoU signed in June.
- Israel continues to bombard southern Lebanon, killing at least 11 people in the worst attacks since a US-brokered ceasefire in June.
- The USS George Washington has arrived in the Arabian Sea and is expected to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln amid growing concerns over conditions on board the latter carrier.
- Qatar denies Iran’s claims that it is holding captive three Iranian pilots whose planes crashed in the Gulf state in the early days of the US and Israel’s war.
