Trump announces a ceasefire with Iran. What to know.

In a dramatic turn of events, President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, averting what had appeared to be an imminent military escalation. The deal, brokered with the help of Pakistan's prime minister, came just minutes before a self-imposed deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face 'the destruction of its whole civilization.' While Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hailed the move as a triumph of American resolve, analysts like Reuters' Phil Stewart questioned the substance of the agreement, noting that Iran claimed victory and cited a 10-point plan including financial compensation, sanctions relief, and continued uranium enrichment—concessions far beyond previous U.S. positions. The ceasefire has sparked global relief but also deep skepticism, with concerns that the underlying tensions remain unresolved and that the U.S. may have conceded more than it gained. Meanwhile, Vice President J.D. Vance made a high-profile trip to Budapest to support Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in his election campaign, highlighting growing transatlantic ties between Trump-aligned leaders—though Orban's pro-Russia stance and democratic backsliding have drawn criticism from European allies. In domestic news, Republican Clay Fuller won a special election in Georgia, replacing Marjorie Taylor Greene, while the Wireless Music Festival canceled its London event after Kanye West (Ye) was barred from entering the UK over past anti-Semitic remarks, despite his recent apologies and public image rehabilitation efforts. On a lighter note, a growing number of parents are turning to landline phones as a low-tech way to shield children from online harms, with one mother even transforming her daughter’s school into a 'landline pod' after her nephew died by suicide due to online bullying.