US President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire with Iran to allow more time for talks, claiming the Islamic republic was “collapsing financially” because of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. There was no word from Tehran on the ceasefire and an Iranian gunboat fired on a container ship off the coast of Oman, causing damage but no casualties, according to a British maritime security agency. FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.
