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According to Fars News Agency, the Bahman pier on Irans Qeshm Island was attacked after "clashes between Iranian armed forces and the enemy."According to Al Arabiya, Israeli officials say the explosions reported from Israel are unrelated to Iran.Williams, a permanent voting member of the FOMC and president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, will speak in ten minutes.On May 8th, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio granted emergency approval for the sale of weapons, including anti-aircraft interceptors, to Bahrain, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, totaling $25.8 billion—three times the amount announced last week. A congressional aide confirmed that lawmakers had been notified of the State Departments move. The U.S. government announced later last week that it had approved the expedited sale of $8.6 billion worth of weapons, but made no mention of Bahrain. The discrepancy between the two figures stems from regulatory details: the government considers these agreements modifications to previously approved deals, not new sales. The emergency designation of the weapons sales waives the congressional review period, but a former Pentagon official stated that unless there is existing stockpiles, delivery is optimistically estimated to take two to three years, "definitely not something that can be obtained in the current conflict."The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on social media on July 7 that, in commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Unions victory in the Great Patriotic War, Russia would cease fire in special military operations zones from midnight on July 8 until July 10, and would cease strikes against targets deep inside Ukraine. However, if Ukraine violates the ceasefire, Russia will retaliate accordingly.
