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jobs report.

But he insists that he doesn't want to influence Kevin Warsh before he chairs his first Fed meeting.

The president on NBC's Meet the Press.

Job growth in May topped all forecasts, leading traders to fully price in a quarter point increase in the Fed's benchmark rate by the end of the year.

The U.S.

and Iran appear to be making very little progress towards an interim deal to end the war in the Middle East as fresh attacks pile pressure on a fragile ceasefire in the region.

U.S.

Central Command said early this morning that it downed two more Iranian attack drones that threatened international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

Meantime, one of the sticking points in negotiations has been the fate of billions of dollars of frozen Iranian assets, which the U.S.

could now steer towards helping allies in the Persian Gulf rebuild from damage inflicted by this conflict.

Bloomberg's Abir Abu Omar has more from Dubai.

To some varying degrees, the Gulf countries, there are six of them, they will respond differently, right?

And bear in mind that these are incredibly rich countries with so much buffers in their reserves.

And so there's a question of do they really need it?

That's Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar on Bloomberg this weekend.

She says the $24 billion in frozen assets has been a major concession for Iran in its peace talks with the U.S.

Major OPEC Plus members have agreed to another modest increase to their oil output quotas for July, but it's mostly symbolic today since exports have been largely blocked from getting through the Strait of Hormuz.

Members raised collective targets by 188,000 barrels a day next month.

Aviation leaders are meeting in Brazil this weekend and signaling clear skies when it comes to travel demand this summer despite a jet fuel supply crunch and higher fares.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby.