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US President Donald Trump points during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026. Mandel Ngan, AFP

US President Donald Trump points during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 25, 2026. US President Donald Trump said April 25 he would give a press conference from the White House press briefing room, shortly after a shooting incident at a gala dinner in Washington. The press conference is set to take place shortly after 10 p.m. (0200 GMT), Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, adding: "The First Lady, plus the Vice President, and all Cabinet members, are in perfect condition." (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1777677284942AFP__20260426__A8Z33LR__v1__MidRes__WhiteHouseCorrespondentsAssociationDinner.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="US President Donald Trump points during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026. Mandel Ngan, AFP" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">US President Donald Trump points during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026. <em>Mandel Ngan, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump said Friday he was &quot;not satisfied&quot; with a new Iranian negotiating proposal, as peace talks remain frozen despite a weeks-long ceasefire.</p><p>Iran delivered the proposal text to mediator Pakistan on Thursday evening, the IRNA news agency reported, without detailing its contents.</p><p>&quot;At this moment I&#x27;m not satisfied with what they&#x27;re offering,&quot; Trump told reporters, blaming stalled talks on &quot;tremendous discord&quot; within Iran&#x27;s leadership.</p><p>&quot;Do we want to go and just blast the hell out of them and finish them forever -- or do we want to try and make a deal?&quot; he added, saying he would &quot;prefer not&quot; to take the first option &quot;on a human basis&quot;.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/4/29/trump-warns-iran-better-get-smart-soon-and-accept-nuclear-deal-2345">READ: Trump warns Iran better &#x27;get smart soon&#x27; and accept nuclear deal</a></div><p>The war, launched by the United States and Israel with surprise strikes on February 28, has been on hold since April 8, with only one failed round of direct talks since.</p><p>Trump, under pressure at home to seek congressional authorization for the war, wrote to lawmakers Friday afternoon declaring hostilities &quot;terminated&quot; -- despite no change in the US military posture.</p><p>Iran has maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, choking off major flows of oil, gas and fertilizer, while the United States has imposed a counter-blockade on Iranian ports.</p><p>Despite the stalemate, the ceasefire has held -- but fighting has continued elsewhere in the region.</p><p>On the Lebanese front, Israel has continued deadly strikes despite an April 17 ceasefire with Iran-backed group Hezbollah that sought to halt more than six weeks of fighting.</p><p>Lebanon&#x27;s health ministry said 12 people were killed in strikes in the south, including in the town of Habboush, where the Israeli army had issued an evacuation order.</p><p>The state-run National News Agency said Israeli warplanes &quot;launched a series of heavy strikes... less than an hour after&quot; the warning.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>- &#x27;Stuck in purgatory&#x27; -</strong></div><p>On Friday, Iran&#x27;s judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said his country had &quot;never shied away from negotiations,&quot; but added it would not accept &quot;imposition&quot; while seeking to avoid renewed conflict.</p><p>The White House has declined to provide details on the proposal, but news site Axios reported that US envoy Steve Witkoff had submitted amendments reintroducing Tehran&#x27;s nuclear program into talks.</p><p>The changes reportedly include demands that Iran not move enriched uranium from bombed sites or resume activity there during negotiations.</p><p>News of the Iranian proposal briefly pushed oil prices down nearly five percent, though they remain about 50 percent above prewar levels amid the ongoing closure of Hormuz.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/5/1/iran-s-supreme-leader-defies-us-blockade-as-oil-prices-soar-0725">READ: Iran&#x27;s supreme leader defies US blockade as oil prices soar</a></div><p>An EU official said foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas spoke with Iran&#x27;s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi on efforts to reopen the strait.</p><p>Tehran resident Amir told Paris-based AFP journalists the stalemate &quot;feels like we are stuck in purgatory&quot; but expressed little hope for the proposal.</p><p>&quot;This is all to waste time,&quot; he said, predicting the United States and Israel &quot;will attack again&quot;.</p><p>Washington, meanwhile, is grappling with a legal dispute over whether Trump has passed a deadline to seek congressional approval for the war.</p><p>Officials argue that a ceasefire pauses the 60-day clock requiring congressional authorization -- a claim disputed by opposition Democrats.</p><p>Trump echoed the administration&#x27;s rationale, saying the United States was &quot;in the midst of a big victory&quot;.</p><p>Trump faces growing domestic pressure, with inflation rising, no clear victory in sight and midterm elections approaching.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/4/30/trump-eyeing-iran-blockade-lasting-months-if-needed-white-house-official-0756">READ: Trump warns Iran blockade could last months, sending oil soaring</a></div><p>&quot;There has been no exchange of fire between United States Forces and Iran since April 7, 2026,&quot; Trump said in letters to congressional leaders, adding that the hostilities &quot;have terminated.&quot;</p><p>Fourteen members of Iran&#x27;s Revolutionary Guards were reportedly killed defusing what the Fars news agency called unexploded cluster bombs and aerial mines in northwestern Zanjan province.</p><p>Iran has accused the United States and Israel of using cluster munitions, which scatter bomblets that can remain dangerous for years.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>- &#x27;Nothing left&#x27; -</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lIb7KQ4oBcY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>On top of military strikes, the war&#x27;s economic toll on Iran is deepening.</p><p>Washington imposed new sanctions on three Iranian currency firms and warned others against paying a &quot;toll&quot; for safe passage through Hormuz.</p><p>The US military says its blockade has stopped $6 billion in Iranian oil exports, while inflation has surged past 50 percent.</p><p>&quot;For many people, paying rent and even buying food has become difficult, and some have nothing left at all,&quot; 28-year-old Mahyar told an AFP reporter based outside Iran.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/4/30/dbm-gov-t-has-enough-funds-for-aid-during-fuel-crisis-1839">READ: Gov&#x27;t has enough funds for aid during fuel crisis -- DBM</a></div><p>Supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement that Iran had &quot;proven to the world in a military battle with the enemies its progress and excellence&quot; but added that &quot;it must also disappoint and defeat them in the stage of economic and cultural jihad&quot;.</p><p>Trump has repeatedly criticized allies for failing to join efforts to reopen Hormuz.</p><p>France and Britain have led efforts to assemble a coalition to reopen the strait once peace is secured. But a US official said Washington is launching its own coalition to restart shipping.</p><p>French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the US mission would &quot;complement&quot; European initiatives rather than replace them.</p><p>Meanwhile, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier has left the Middle East after taking part in operations against Iran, a US official said Friday, though two other carriers remain.</p>

<p>US President Donald Trump said Friday he was "not satisfied" with a new Iranian negotiating proposal, as peace talks remain frozen despite a weeks-long ceasefire.</p>

US President Donald Trump said Friday he was "not satisfied" with a new Iranian negotiating proposal, as peace talks remain frozen despite a weeks-long ceasefire.

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