BBC News with Moira Alderson. The White House says there's no deadline for an end to the ceasefire with Iran, which Donald Trump extended on Tuesday night.

BBC新闻记者莫伊拉·奥尔德森报道。白宫表示与伊朗的停火没有设定结束期限，唐纳德·特朗普于周二晚间延长了停火时间。

The press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters the president would decide when the war would finish.

新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特告诉记者，总统将决定战争何时结束。

She also insisted the US blockade of Iranian ports was proving successful by strangling Tehran's economy.

她还坚称，美国对伊朗港口的封锁正在通过扼杀德黑兰的经济而取得成效。

And the president is offering them a little bit of flexibility, because we want to see a unified proposal to the president's very strong proposal and he's made his red lines very clear.

总统正在给予他们一定的灵活性，因为我们希望看到一个统一的提案，以回应总统非常强硬的提案，而且他已经明确划定了红线。

Again the United States maintains control over this situation, leverage over the Iranian regime.

美国再次掌控了这一局势，并对伊朗政权施加了影响力。

Not only have they been significantly weakened and obliterated militarily, but they are losing economically and financially every single moment that passes with this blockade, the Pentagon says.

五角大楼表示，他们不仅在军事上遭到了显著削弱和打击，而且随着封锁的持续，他们在经济和财政方面每时每刻都在遭受损失。

The U.S. Navy's top civilian official John Phelan has left the job. No explanation has been given for the sudden departure.

美国海军部长约翰·费兰已离职。没有对突然的离职做出任何解释。

Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has accused Israel of war crimes.

黎巴嫩总理纳瓦夫·萨拉姆指责以色列犯下战争罪。

After another Lebanese journalist was killed in the south of the country, Amal Khalil was hit by an Israeli airstrike while reportedly seeking cover in a house.

在又一名黎巴嫩记者在该国南部遇害后，阿迈勒·哈利勒据称在一处房屋内寻求庇护时遭遇以色列空袭身亡。

Lebanese officials said it was a deliberate and targeted attack. Mr. Salam said rescue teams were also blocked from reaching the scene.

黎巴嫩官员称这是一次蓄意且有针对性的袭击。萨拉姆说，救援队伍也被阻挡，无法抵达现场。

He said Lebanon would bring the incident before international forums.

他说，黎巴嫩将把这一事件提交国际论坛讨论。

The Israeli military has denied targeting journalists and preventing rescue teams from reaching the area.

以色列军方否认袭击记者并阻止救援队伍进入该地区。

Clayton Weimers is the executive director of Reporters Without Borders North America, an organization dedicated to defending press freedom.

克莱顿·韦默斯是无国界记者组织北美分部的执行董事，该组织致力于捍卫新闻自由。

At the end of the day, reporting from a conflict zone is inherently dangerous.

归根结底，在冲突地区进行报道本质上是危险的。

Journalism is all about going where the story is and when you're covering a war that means going to a dangerous place.

新闻工作的核心就是前往新闻发生的地方，当你报道一场战争时，那就意味着要前往一个危险的地方。

It's made all the more dangerous by what can at best be described as callous disregard by the Israeli armed forces, but in many cases looks like to liberate targeted killings. It's a war crime, plain and simple.

以色列武装部队的行为充其量只能被形容为冷酷无情，但在许多情况下，更像是蓄意杀害，这让情况变得更加危险。这就是赤裸裸的战争罪行。

A cryptocurrency venture co-founded by President Trump's family is being sued by one of its billionaire backers over allegations of extortion.

特朗普总统家族联合创立的一家加密货币企业，正遭到其一位亿万富翁投资者的起诉，该投资者指控该企业存在敲诈行为。

Justin Sun has accused World Liberty Financial of illegally seizing the crypto tokens he bought from the company for more than 40 million dollars and stripping him of the right to vote on governance issues.

孙宇晨指责世界自由金融公司非法扣押他以超过4000万美元从该公司购买的加密代币，并剥夺他在治理问题上的投票权。

World Liberty Financial has denied wrongdoing. BBC News.

世界自由金融公司否认有不当行为。BBC新闻。

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