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Yesterday's key developments:
US PresidentDonald Trumpsaid on Tuesday evening that he is pausing the US effort to guide stranded vessels out of theStrait of Hormuzto finalise anIrandeal, but that the American forces' blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place.
An Israeli strike inLebanon's eastern Bekaa valley has killed four people, Lebanon's health ministry said, with local media reporting the attack took place before the Israeli army issued a warning to evacuate the area along with 11 other towns.
China's foreign minister Wang Yi met his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi for talks inBeijingon Wednesday, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported, without giving further details.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)
Originally published on France24
