President Trump announced that the cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by three weeks, after peace talks were moved to the White House to allow for his direct involvement. The extension comes despite renewed exchanges of fire between the Israeli military and Hezbollah, raising concerns about the stability of the truce.

Tensions between the United States and Iran remain high. Iran recently seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump said the United States Navy would respond forcefully to any vessels laying mines there. Reporting indicates that Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is seriously injured and largely isolated, with senior commanders in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps effectively running the country.

At home, Trump’s disapproval rating has risen to 58 percent, the highest level of his second term, according to a polling average tracker. In other developments, the Food and Drug Administration approved a gene therapy that restores hearing in children born with a rare inherited form of deafness, and the Metropolitan Opera faces a major budget shortfall after Saudi Arabia withdrew financial support tied to economic strains from the war in Iran.