Commercial shipping is not flowing freely once again through the Strait of Hormuz, despite Iran declared that the vital shipping lane is open again.

Shipping companies are still said to be concerned about mines, as well as new rules Iran has imposed on them using the Strait.

While the markets have rallied, there remains  a lot of uncertainty over the status of the strait, which normally carries around a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supplies.

Iran declared it was reopening the shipping channel after a truce agreed in the war between Israel and the Iranian backed militia group, Hezbollah. However Donald Trump has insisted that the US blockade of Iranian ports will continue, until a permanent peace deal is agreed, in America’s own war, with Iran.

While the current ceasefire between the US and Iran still appears to be holding, it’s due to run out next week, with both sides still far apart on agreeing the conditions for a lasting deal.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith, Dharshini David and Lyse Doucet.

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As the war in Iran enters its 48th day, the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from the country’s capital, Tehran.

It comes after talks in Islamabad between the US, Iran and mediators in Pakistan failed to bring about a deal over the weekend.

The White House says discussions around a possible second round of peace talks between the US and Iran are “ongoing” and “productive” – but no time or place have been confirmed. The two-week ceasefire is due to end on 22 April.

US President Donald Trump said today Israeli and Lebanese leaders have agreed a 10-day ceasefire.

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The Southport murders could have been prevented if the killer’s parents and authorities had acted in the years leading up to the attack, an inquiry found.

It is “highly likely” the attack would not have occurred if various agencies had dealt with the killer’s behaviour earlier, the inquiry also found.

Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Bebe King, 6, were killed during an indiscriminate knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop on 29 July 2024.

UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer who called the inquiry’s findings “harrowing” has promised to make “fundamental changes” to keep the pubic safe.

The killer, who was 17 at the time, seriously wounded eight other children and two adults in the attack. He has since been sentenced to at least 52 years in prison.

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Iran’s foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz is “completely open” to commercial ships for the remainder of the ceasefire.

But US President Donald Trump said the US naval blockade of Iranian ports will continue until a peace deal is agreed.

Meanwhile, oil prices have dropped after Iran’s announcement.

Elsewhere, a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon began, with celebrations and fireworks in Beirut.

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US vice president JD Vance has flown to Budapest to offer his support for Hungarian president Victor Orbán.

The veteran prime minister is a key European ally of the Trump administration, as well as being Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest partner in the EU.

Orbán’s main rival Péter Magyar is well ahead in most opinion polls.

Catherine Belton, a journalist for The Washington Post, described the Hungarian president as an “important symbol and model” for the Maga movement and the Kremlin.

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