00:01U.S. President Donald Trump agrees to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, this less than two hours before his
00:06deadline on Tuesday, April 7, for Tehran to reopen the state of Hormuz or face devastating attacks on its civilian
00:12infrastructure.
00:14Trump's announcement represents an abrupt turnaround from his earlier warning when he said, quote, a whole civilization will die tonight
00:20if his demands were not met.
00:21I can't talk about ceasefire, but I can tell you that we have an active, willing participant on the other
00:30side. They would like to be able to make a deal.
00:33Pakistan's Prime Minister Shabazz Sharif says he invited Iranian and U.S. delegations to meet in Islamabad on Friday, April
00:3910.
00:40Trump says the last-minute deal was subject to Iran's agreement to pause its blockade of oil and gas supplies
00:45through the strait.
00:46Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakshi says Tehran would cease counterattacks and provide safe passage through the waterway if attacks against
00:53it stop.
00:54Meantime, China and Russia veto a U.N. resolution encouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the
01:00strait of Hormuz.
01:02The two countries say the measure is biased against Iran, while Washington's ambassador to the world body called on responsible
01:08nations to join the U.S. in securing the waterway.
01:11Meantime, the Philippine Department of Migrant Workers says 5,601 Filipino seafarers are stranded in the Persian Gulf due to
01:18the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
01:20BMW Secretary Hans Kakdak tells the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday, April 8, Filipinos are on board 470 vessels
01:28stuck in the area.
01:29He adds the agency made sure all ships, all the seafarers, have adequate water supplies.
01:34UAE's!
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