WashingtonTrump says Gulf neighbours asked him to hold fire.
Netanyahu is pressing the opposite way, calling Trump daily to resume strikes, a briefed person said.
Iran offers free Hormuz shipping if the US lifts its port blockade, frees frozen assets and restarts final-deal talks.
US missiles hit Iran’s Qeshm Island on 3 and 6 November, which Trump called minor.
Polymarket traders give the ceasefire a 95% chance of holding to 15 November, up 26 points in a week.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 200+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- BBC
- quotes Trump calling the war 'militarily effectively over' and frames the Gulf allies' safety as the reason for keeping the blockade
- News18
- reports Trump's claim that Iran's nuclear manufacturing capacity is about 85% gone, alongside the Iron Gate operation
- The Times of Israel
- centers the 'status quo' push: Gulf states prefer the blockade and smuggling-route cutoff continue, and Trump says Israel is protected
- 경향신문
- notes Trump had threatened a 'short but powerful' strike after the midterms and now appears to have softened after the electoral defeat
- Mehr News Agency
- says the blockade will continue by land and sea, and that the 'Iron Gate' operation runs alongside it
- Hindustan Times leans critical
- surfaces the FT report that Netanyahu calls Trump every day urging him to resume strikes, against Arab leaders pushing diplomacy
Sources: BBC, News18, The Times of Israel, 경향신문, Mehr News Agency, Hindustan Times