Truce in Middle East Questioned, Peace Talks with Lebanon

0:00It's April 10th. Welcome to Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. President Trump is questioning if this two-week ceasefire in the Middle East is really holding up, especially with Iran still gripping the straight-of. Hormuz tight. Kuwait jumped in Thursday, accusing Iran and its proxies of drone strikes on their turf, even during the truce, but Iran's revolutionary guard flat out. Denied any involvement. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a lift to peace talks by greenlighting direct negotiations with Lebanon. This comes right after Israel's heavy strikes on Beirut Wednesday that killed more than 300 people, and those talks are set for next weekend. Washington folks are still scratching their heads over big issues like Iran's enriched uranium stockpile when shipping through the straight-of-hormuz picks back. And curving Tehran's missile launches plus proxies support across the region. On the diplomatic front, U.S. and Iran talks kickoff Saturday in Islamabad with Vice-President

1:03J.D. Vance heading the American team. Pakistan's making it easy by issuing visas on arrival for everyone heading there, including media. Japan's stepping up too, planning to tap another 20 days of ore reserves starting early May to ease worries from the conflict, after already. Dipping in last month, they've got 230 days total stashed, pushing for routes that skipped the Hormuz missile together.