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There were mixed signals today on the prospects for a U.S.-Iran deal to end the war and revive energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S.

denied an Iranian media report on a draft interim deal to return traffic through Hormuz to normal levels within a month of it coming into effect.

The report also claimed the U.S.

is ending its naval blockade of Iran while, at the same time, withdrawing naval forces from the waters surrounding Iran.

President Trump said no one nation would control the strait.

At the same time, the president downplayed the possibility of Iranian sanctions relief.

The president was asked by Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall about a federal gas tax holiday that he spoke about several weeks ago.

Trump responded by saying it was something the administration might talk about, but he would need to see what's going to happen in the next week or two.

The Israeli military told residents across southern Lebanon to leave as the IDF expanded its operations there.

The Israeli military said it will work with extreme force against Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah.

Now, Iran has insisted any ceasefire with the U.S.

would include Lebanon.

And Bloomberg's Israel Bureau Chief Ethan Brawner says Israel will not do anything to harm the deal between Iran and the U.S.

That is Bloomberg's Ethan Bronner.

After the Bell snowflake gave a stronger than expected outlook for annual product sales, and the company also said it's expanding its collaboration with Amazon Web Services to accelerate the adoption of enterprise-ingentic AI.

Shares in Snowflake are up 35% in late U.S.

trading.