<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="_blank" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span> said he was reviewing a new </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/iran" rel="" target="_blank" title=" Iranian"><span>Iranian</span></a><span> proposal to end the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/israel-iran-conflict" rel="" target="_blank" title="war"><span>war</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'll let you know about it later," he said before boarding Air Force One, adding that "they're going to give me the exact wording now".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, moments later, he elaborated on Truth Social, claiming "[I] can't imagine that it would be acceptable."</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>NATIONAL:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/jefferson-lewis-charged-murder-kumanjayi-little-baby/52a6fdc9-9bb9-40fc-83ff-58ddb3fd1638" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Murder charges laid after death of five-year-old girl in NT</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years," Trump said in the post.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two semi-official Iranian outlets, Tasnim and Fars, believed to be close to Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, said Iran has sent a 14-point proposal via Pakistan in response to a nine-point </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="_blank" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> proposal.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump rejected a previous Iranian proposal this week. However, conversations have continued, and the three-week ceasefire appears to be holding.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-donald-trump-reviewing-proposal-to-end-war/71783942-1aa4-4a60-ac29-604e6ad27c03" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The president has also floated a new plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, where about a fifth of the world's trade in oil and natural gas typically passes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>UPDATE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-arrested-three-people-killed-in-attack-sydney-rosemeadow/cf6c8972-f96c-46ae-b20d-e8cbe1c6924f" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Man arrested after three family members killed in attack in Sydney home</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The president also pushed back on remarks he made yesterday, when he said, "Frankly, maybe we're better off not making a deal at all. Do you want to know the truth? Because we can't let this thing go on."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I didn't say that," Trump said today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I said that if we left right now, it would take them 20 years to rebuild. But we're not leaving right now," he told reporters before departing from Palm Beach to Miami.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the same impromptu press gathering, Trump also said </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-to-withdraw-5000-troops-from-germany-in-next-612-months-fulfilling-trumps-threat/738bcf41-6738-4769-a00a-f2f63b36966e" rel="" target="_blank" title="troop withdrawals from Germany"><span>troop withdrawals from Germany</span></a><span> would exceed the 5000 predicted by the Pentagon yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're going to cut way down. And we're cutting a lot further than 5000," he said, refusing to elaborate on why the call had been made.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>WATCH:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/alice-springs-murder-charge-riots-kumanjayi-little-baby/4908888a-59f4-4111-ac16-240ca0a48565" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Riot footage shows chaos in Alice Springs shop as five arrested</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The moves after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/germany" rel="" target="_blank" title="German"><span>German</span></a><span> Chancellor Freiderich Merz claimed the US was being "humiliated" in the Iran war.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The proposal has been met with bipartisan condemnation, with some Republicans joining Democrats in voicing their disapproval.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Representative Mike Rogers of Alabama said the decision risked "undermining deterrence and sending the wrong signal to Vladimir Putin."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wicker and Rogers said any significant change to the US force posture in Europe warrants review and coordination with Congress.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>POLITICS:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nepean-by-election-victoria-liberal-party-one-nation-anthony-marsh/5f61a999-c879-46a2-bc0d-dd579453d94e" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Victorian Liberals hold onto Nepean after gliding to by-election victory</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We expect the Department to engage with its oversight committees in the days and weeks ahead on this decision and its implications for US deterrence and trans-Atlantic security," they said in a joint statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, Germany seemed to take the move somewhat in their stride, with Boris Pistorius, defence minister, saying it was "expected."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The presence of American soldiers in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/europe" rel="" target="_blank" title="Europe"><span>Europe</span></a><span>, and especially in Germany, is in our interest and in the interest of the US," Pistorius told the German news agency dpa, while also saying it was a sign Europe needed to take more responsibility for their own defence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Congress bypassed as billions in arms sales approved</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While Trump reviews the proposal, he has also allowed the State Department to bypass congressional approval to sell billions in arms to several </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/middle-east" rel="" target="_blank" title="Middle Eastern"><span>Middle Eastern</span></a><span> allies, including Israel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In several announcements made yesterday, the State Department said it had approved military sales to Israel, Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait totalling US$8.6 billion ($12 billion).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>WATCH:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/two-charged-melbourne-restaurant-arson-attack-docklands/23d6e797-aeef-48a1-8df5-cff40f88cfbf" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Two charged after Melbourne restaurant torched in arson attack</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The Secretary of State [Marco Rubio] has determined and provided detailed justification that an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale... of the above defence articles and defence services is in the national security interests of the United States," the statements read, adding that this meant the need for congressional approval was waived.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Israel received the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System and "other related equipment", which will net the US about $1.4 billion.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The UAE and Qatar also received this system, while the latter will have its Patriot air and missile defence stocks replenished.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This will cost around $5.6 billion alone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There will be no adverse impact on US defence readiness as a result of this proposed sale," the State Department claims.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>Reported with Associated Press and CNN.</span></em><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive 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