Doug Krisner

Netanyahu did agree to hold talks with Lebanon with a focus on disarming Hezbollah.

Early on Thursday, the Israeli military told residents in eight Beirut neighborhoods to leave ahead of strikes.

And Netanyahu said Israel will not stop striking until security of communities in northern Israel is ensured.

Here is Bloomberg's Jeff Mason.

That is Bloomberg's Jeff Mason.

Now earlier today, NBC reported President Trump told Netanyahu to scale back on those strikes to ensure the success of negotiations with Iran.

Trump also said the US military will remain in place around Iran until a ceasefire is firm.

The Strait of Hormuz remains largely blocked.

A handful of Iran-linked ships have traveled through this choke point, and three Chinese oil tankers, fully laden with Saudi and Iraqi crew, sailed toward Hormuz.

Iran said any vessels transiting the strait would need army approval.

But even with a pickup in traffic, the return of energy supplies will not be instant.

Output has been reduced at oil and gas fields, while refineries have curtailed production or even shut it down.

And Saudi Arabia has lost more than a half million barrels of daily output due to those Iranian attacks.

Today, oil prices rose, with U.S.

crude closing up nearly 3.7%.

to 97.87, and after the New York close, President Trump warned Iran against charging tolls on vessels moving through the Strait.

Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and Fed Chair Jay Powell have called Wall Street CEOs to an urgent meeting.

We are told the aim is to make sure banks are aware of possible future risk raised by Anthropic's latest AI model, Mythos.

Now, the banks will be urged to take precautions to defend their systems against a new breed of cyber attacks considered one of the biggest risks facing the financial industry.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the alliance is moving Europe from having an unhealthy codependence on the U.S.