Talks set to take place on Friday between the ⁠United States ⁠and Iran on implementing the 14-point agreement to end their war have been cancelled, Switzerland’s foreign ministry has announced.

The announcement came after a White House spokesperson said overnight that U.S. Vice President JD Vance had pulled out ‌of ⁠a planned trip to meet Iranian negotiators in Switzerland on Friday to ⁠begin talks on implementing an agreement struck between Tehran and ⁠Washington to end the war.

The team led by Vance had been ready to leave but was postponing, the White House said, citing difficult logistics for negotiations.

The announcement followed a report from Al-Mayadeen, a pan-Arab satellite channel that is politically allied with the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, that Iran was delaying sending its delegation to Switzerland over Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Lebanon, according to AP.

Israel has launched air attacks on southern Lebanon a day after the United States and Iran signed an interim agreement calling for an end to their conflict on all fronts, including Lebanon.

The Times of Israel, citing the IDF, reported that overnight strikes targeted Hezbollah “terrorists and infrastructure” in several areas of southern Lebanon. The report added that the attacks were carried out in response to repeated ceasefire violations by the Iran-backed group.

Lebanon’s state-run news agency reported that at least 16 people were killed in the Israeli airstrikes. The figures do not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

The agency described the overnight bombardment as one of the most intense attacks carried out by Israel. It reported that numerous residential homes were targeted.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered strikes against dozens of Hezbollah targets last night after four troops were killed and others were wounded in attacks by the group yesterday.

The Times of Israel cited Netanyahu as saying that Israel will remain in its “security zone” in southern Lebanon “for as long as necessary.”

“Following Hezbollah’s criminal attack, which constitutes a blatant violation of the ceasefire, I instructed the IDF last night to strike Hezbollah with force,” he said in a Hebrew-language statement from his office, according to The Times of Israel.

According to the premier, the IDF struck more than 80 Hezbollah targets and killed dozens of “terrorists” overnight, before carrying out additional strikes on Hezbollah command centers in the Beqaa Valley this morning.

“Israel will not tolerate attacks on our soldiers or on our territory, and it will exact a very heavy price from Hezbollah for such attacks,” he added.

Repeating a pledge he made yesterday, Netanyahu said that “Israel will remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon for as long as necessary in order to protect the communities of the north.”

Israel has launched air attacks on southern Lebanon a day after the United States and Iran signed an interim agreement calling for an end to their conflict on all fronts, including Lebanon.

The meeting in Switzerland, which had been scheduled as part of the next round of negotiations aimed at preparing a final agreement between the United States and Iran, has been postponed, APA’s Tehran bureau reported. According to the report, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told journalists that the necessary consultations are continuing through mediators regarding the next round of negotiations. The spokesperson stated that one of the main objectives of the meeting in Switzerland, which was later canceled, had been the signing of a memorandum on ending the war. He added that the planned signing ceremony was also intended to address organizational issues related to negotiations on a final agreement. According to Baghaei, preparations are currently underway for a new meeting expected to take place in the coming days.

The U.S. Department of Defense needs $80 billion to cover costs from the Iran war as well as other non-war-related bills, Deputy ‌Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg told lawmakers in phone calls this week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

A full U.S. supplemental request, which will include money for the Pentagon as well as non-defense priorities such as farm ⁠and disaster relief, could be sent to lawmakers in the coming days, the newspaper added.

The Iran war has cost around $25 billion, a Pentagon official told Reuters in April providing the first official estimate of war costs.

However, the full cost of the conflict, which Trump ‌began alongside ⁠Israel on February 28, has remained an open question on Capitol Hill and an initial $200 billion request for additional funding met stiff opposition from lawmakers.

White House budget director Russell Vought told a hearing in April of the ⁠House of Representatives Budget Committee that he had no estimate for the cost of the war, as he defended Trump’s request for a $1.5 trillion annual military ⁠budget.

Two people ‌were killed and another two wounded after Russia hit the northeastern Ukrainian ⁠region of Sumy with bombs, drones and missiles, Reuters reported citing Ukraine’s police.

Another nine, including four children, needed medical ‌assistance ⁠after Russia hit Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv with bombs, Mayor ⁠Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that in the early hours of Friday, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 133 inbound Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in several regions of the country and over the Black Sea.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has criticized comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump during the G7 summit, in which he claimed that she had asked to be photographed with him, The Guardian reported. “Neither I nor Italy ever beg anyone for anything,” Meloni said in a video published on X. The Italian prime minister said she was “astonished” by what she described as Trump’s “completely made-up” claims. “I do not know why the President of the United States behaves this way toward his allies; it is not the first time. I can only say that it is disappointing that he does not show the same determination toward the enemies of the West and of the United States, whose leaders he instead treats with far greater indulgence,” she added. Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking to Italian television channel La7, said that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had “begged” him to take a photograph with her during the G7 summit. “She begged me to take a picture with her. She wanted a picture with me so badly. I wouldn’t have taken it, but I felt sorry for her,” Trump said. In response, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani canceled his planned visit to the United States. “President Trump’s serious and offensive words directed at Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni offend all of Italy. For this reason, I have decided to cancel my visit to the United States scheduled for June 21–22,” he wrote in a post on X. The G7 summit was held from June 15 to 17 in Évian-les-Bains, France.

The agenda of a meeting of Türkiye’s National Security Council, chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, included, among other issues, developments in the South Caucasus, according to state media.

The Turkish Anadolu News Agency cited a readout stating that the session touched upon recent developments related to strengthening peace, stability, and cooperation in the South Caucasus.

Regional and international matters were discussed, particularly the situation in the Middle East.

The Turkish security council welcomed the recent US-Iran deal.

The Russo-Ukrainian war was also discussed, with calls on both sides to take steps to achieve a just and sustainable peace and prevent the conflict from spreading further, particularly in the Black Sea region.

Norway will open a consulate general in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, ‌headed by a Norwegian diplomat, Reuters reported citing Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to acquire or ⁠control Greenland, a semi-autonomous island under the Kingdom of Denmark, has strained relations between Washington and European NATO members.

“The High North remains Norway’s most important strategic priority, and the Arctic is becoming increasingly ‌important ⁠for international politics and security,” Stoere told a press conference, according to Reuters.

“A Consulate General in Nuuk will strengthen both ⁠political contact and cooperation on shared interests in the region,” he said.

France earlier ⁠this year opened a consulate in Greenland, while the United States ⁠last month moved its existing consulate to a bigger venue.

A representative of the Strong Armenia bloc who ran for parliament in the June 7 elections has been placed in pre-trial detention amid an ongoing investigation into alleged vote-buying.

The Investigative Committee said that Ashot Yeghiazaryan allegedly conspired with accomplices and handed out electoral bribes to more than 100 voters in Artashat, ranging from 100,000 to 500,000 drams in exchange for votes for his bloc. The bribed voters also collaborated with others to receive additional bribes.

Yeghiazaryan has been charged with money laundering and vote-buying. He is being held without bail.

The law enforcement body earlier reported that it had uncovered over 100 cases of alleged vote-buying amid the investigation.