US hopeful Hormuz strait deal will be done ‘today or tomorrow’ after ship hit

The United States was hopeful that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be done “today or tomorrow”, a top US official said Tuesday, hours after yet another cargo ship was hit in the vital waterway.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told broadcaster CNBC “there is a chance we may have a deal” in the coming hours, a day after President Donald Trump said the strait might reopen on Tuesday.
Speaking from the White House on Monday, the US leader continued his now familiar combination of bullish optimism about diplomacy and bellicose threats, warning that this was Iran’s “last chance before decapitation”.
Tehran and Washington have been at war since February 28, when the US and ...