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President Trump says Federal Reserve policymakers would be wrong to raise interest rates after a blowout U.S.

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.