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In the early hours of 18 June 2026, Ukraine executed its largest single strike on Russia to date, sending nearly 200 drones that slipped through Moscow’s triple-ring defences, set the Kapotnya oil refinery ablaze for the second time in four days, and briefly closed all four of the capital’s airports.
Less than a day after a US- and Qatari-brokered Israel-Hezbollah truce took effect at 16:00 on 19 June 2026, Israeli aircraft and artillery pounded at least a dozen sites around Nabatieh, killing five civilians and signalling the ceasefire’s swift unraveling.
On 17 June 2026 Washington released the full text of a performance-based, 14-point interim pact that freezes fighting, reopens the Strait of Hormuz and starts a 60-day clock for a final US-Iran settlement.
On 19 Jun 2026 the Israeli army published a new map extending its occupation zone roughly 10 km into Lebanon and simultaneously carried out heavy air-strikes that killed at least 16 people, openly breaching the US-Iran ceasefire signed two days earlier that demands a halt to all operations in Lebanon.
Less than 24 hours after President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian inked a 60-day cease-fire memorandum, the 19 June technical talks in Bürgenstock were abruptly canceled and Vice-President J.D. Vance’s trip called off, throwing immediate doubt on implementation.
On 18 June 2026 the U.S. and Iran formally executed a 60-day cease-fire MOU that reopens the Strait of Hormuz and grants immediate U.S. oil-export waivers to Tehran, launching talks toward a final nuclear accord.
On 17 June 2026, the US and Iran abruptly sealed a memorandum that ends their four-month war, reopens the Strait of Hormuz, and launches a 60-day sprint toward a final peace and nuclear accord.
Washington and Tehran agreed to sign a 14-point memorandum in Switzerland on 19 June 2026 that would immediately lift the U.S. naval blockade, grant oil-export waivers, and pledge at least $300 billion for Iran’s post-war rebuilding in exchange for a 60-day path to a final cease-fire and stricter nuclear limits.
On 16 June 2026 in Évian-les-Bains, all G7 leaders agreed to draft new energy sanctions and re-freeze U.S. oil waivers, while President Trump publicly told Moscow to “make a deal” after a face-to-face with Zelensky, signalling renewed U.S. military aid and diplomatic focus on Ukraine.
Washington and Tehran have agreed to formalize a 60-day ceasefire with partial Strait of Hormuz reopening on 19 June 2026, ending 107 days of direct conflict and kicking unresolved nuclear and sanctions questions into follow-on talks.
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