Cooper Pushes Lebanon into US-Iran Ceasefire

0:00On April 9th, British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is pushing hard for Lebanon to be folded into the U.S. Iran ceasefire deal, as this two-week pause, teeters on the edge. President Trump announced the truce late Tuesday, but Israel ramped up bombings there anyway, leaving at least 254 dead. Meanwhile, Iran slammed the door on oil tankers passing through the strait of hormones in retaliation, spiking global fuel and fertilizer prices, worldwide. Cooper laid it out clear at a London banquet, Thursday, no going back to fighting. Lebanon has to be in the mix, and that strait needs to reopen fully. Folks here are filling in with higher mortgage rates, petrol costs and grocery bills, even 3,000 miles away. U.S. Vice President JD Vance cleared up the confusion from Budapest, saying the deal never covered Lebanon, Iran just misunderstood, no promises made, there. Cooper is calling for quick action through the International Maritime Organization to free trap ships and those 20,000 stranded seafarers.

1:01A. Humanitarian move that sets up lasting peace in the region by locking in free navigation for good.