The United States has announced an indefinite naval blockade of Iranian ports as ceasefire negotiations remain in a total deadlock. This decision comes amid mounting internal pressure over the record-length deployment of the flagship USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been at sea for seven months. Reports of deteriorating mental health and hazardous living conditions for the five thousand sailors on board have led to calls for the resignation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. In other global news, the academic community is mourning the death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday, whose resignation following a high-profile plagiarism row has sparked intense debate over systemic racism and public shaming in academia. Additionally, Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon have killed eleven people, and U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee has signaled a shift in diplomatic rhetoric by labeling certain West Bank settlers as terrorists.