Biden affirms that the truce negotiated by the United States for Gaza would last “at least six weeks” The American president met this Monday with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House. The Jordanian king did, in his first visit to Washington since the death of three American soldiers last month in a drone attack carried out by pro-Iranian militias from Iraq.

“We need a lasting ceasefire now,” the sovereign stressed, “this war has to end”