Tonight, the British government officially barring Kanye West from entering the country to headline a music festival. Organizers of London's massive wireless festival swiftly cancelling the 3-day event where West, who now goes by Yay, was slated to perform in front of 150,000 concert goers. The move coming after intense backlash stemming from years of Yay's repeated anti-semitic remarks and praise for Adolf Hitler.A UK official telling NBC News that the rapper's visa was denied on the grounds that his prese ...

It's not clear that Iran has actually agreed to reopen the straight. If you look at the truth social that we just got literally minutes ago, it says it's subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the complete immediate and safe opening of the Straight of Hormuz. He agrees to suspend bombing and attack for a period of two weeks.I've been speaking with US officials. At this point, there is no confirmation that any ceasefire has actually begun with the on the US side at least of this. Uh and then ano ...

We have some breaking news, Justin. Gabe, moments ago, the president posting on Truth Social that he may suspend or at least extend the deadline for now. What do we know.Yeah, that's right, Tom. Just a few moments ago, the president posting on social media that he has been speaking with Pakistani officials who have been acting as mediators here in that subject to Iran agreeing to reopen the straight of Hormuse he agrees to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. Now Tom, Pakistan h ...

This is an [music] NBC News special report. Here's Tom Yamos. >> And good evening.We are coming on the air with [music] some breaking news. Just moments ago, the president of the United States announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. It comes just hours after the president had threatened, in his words, a whole civilization will die.The president was said to be considering striking so-called dual use targets in Iran after an 8:00 p. m. deadline.Tonight, I want to get right to Gabe Gutierrez with the latest ...

When you're talking about the reactions from the region, I think that the region is probably thinking and as you mentioned we're 12 minutes into this, so we don't really know, but the region is probably thinking what everybody is thinking which is that this looks like the third or fourth climb down that President Trump has had off of this ultimatum that he first issued last month. So, this wasn't entirely unpredictable. In fact, this has been the norm especially for this particular threat that Trump has lev ...

PRESIDENT TRUMP. RHETORIC, RHETO TAKE A KNEE AND FIGURE OUT IF TAKE A KNEE AND FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ACTUALLY A WAY TO AVOID THERE'S ACTUALLY A WAY TO AVOID ALL THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS.AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE SEEN THE OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE SEEN THE PRESIDENT USE FIERY RHETORIC PRESIDENT USE FIERY RHETORIC BEFORE TO NEGOTIATE. BUT LIKE BEFORE TO NEGOTIATE. BUT LIKE IN THIS CASE, PROBABLY IT'S IN THIS CASE, PROBABLY IT'S JUST WAS TO, TO KIND OF LIVE UP JUST WAS TO, TO KIND OF LIVE UP TO HIS RHETORIC ...

bring in our business correspondent Brian Chong because you're also seeing this very dramatic movement in the futures markets with investors responding incredibly positively to this news from President Trump. >> Yeah, H these are some big moves that we're watching. Uh we're seeing markets rebounding in terms of futures.Again, the markets are closed here uh state side, but there are futures that are trading that are suggesting that it's going to be a real positive open when things get fired up at 9:30 tomorr ...

We're seeing markets rebounding in terms of futures. Again, the markets are closed here state side, but there are futures that are trading that are suggesting that it's going to be a real positive open when things get fired up at 9:30 tomorrow. The Dow, S&P 500, and the NASDAQ, all three major indexes up about 1 and a.5% if not more.Howie, I think what's more notable here is that oil futures are down. WTI crude oil, that is the commonly used index here state side, uh, for a moment appearing to blip below $1 ...

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WELCOME TO MEET THE PRESS NOW, I'M MONICA ALBA IN WASHINGTON, WHERE THE WORLD IS WAITING TO SEE IF PRESIDENT TRUMP FOLLOWS THROUGH OR BACKS OFF ON HIS THREAT TO WIPE OUT IRAN AND ITS PEOPLE UNLESS TEHRAN OPENS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BY 8 P. M. EASTERN TIME, LESS THAN FOUR HOURS FROM NOW.THE THREAT PROMPTING FEAR FROM BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, AS WELL AS FROM WORLD LEADERS AND OFFICIALS IN THE GULF REGION, THAT THE WAR COULD SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL. TWO U.S. OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS THAT THE PENTAGON HAS PR ...