00:02After 13 straight days of U.S. strikes, the military campaign paused over the weekend.
00:08It's not clear why the U.S. temporarily stopped striking Iran.
00:12The log comes as Oman says talks with Iran about reopening the Strait of Hormuz are making progress.
00:19Still, hundreds of vessels remain backed up in the critical shipping lane.
00:23U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told NBC News
00:27the president is giving diplomatic talks some space as discussions continue.
00:32What the president is doing right now, as we've seen all along, is giving some talks some space.
00:39Talks are ongoing. They're happening at every level, from the more technical aspect of it
00:45all the way to the highest levels, of course, within both the Iranian government and the U.S. government.
00:51Iran's foreign ministry is pushing back, saying Tehran is not seeking talks with the United States.
00:57Meanwhile, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis attacked Saudi oil facilities along the Red Sea over the weekend.
01:04And Iran is threatening retaliation after accusing Ukraine of targeting one of its ships in the Caspian Sea.
01:11Iranian officials say at least one person was killed.
01:14Ukraine says it targeted cargo vessels under international sanctions that were being used to transport military cargo between Iran and
01:23Russia.
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