1ļøāƒ£ šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øšŸ‡®šŸ‡· Talks aren't dead: Trump says US officials met with Iran-war mediators and Qatar is pushing to restart indirect negotiations - but Tehran says it won't soften its demands.

2ļøāƒ£ šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øāš“ 8 US Marines were injured in a previously unreported Iranian attack on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz - smoke inhalation and possible traumatic brain injuries.

3ļøāƒ£ šŸ‡®šŸ‡·šŸ›¢ļø Iran brags its Hormuz attacks are working, but oil is sneaking through anyway: crude flows are back near 60% of normal, and the US Navy rejects Tehran's claim that it controls the strait.

4ļøāƒ£ šŸ‡¾šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡øšŸ‡¦ Houthis say Saudi airstrikes on a market in Taiz killed dozens, while they threaten to hit Saudi bridges and claim another strike on an Aramco facility.

5ļøāƒ£ šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø RAF Fairford update: the 5 men arrested near the US-used bomber base are all UK nationals from London, freed on bail as counter-terror police probe a possible Iran link.

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