Direct talks between the US and Iran are set to begin in Switzerland despite the Iranian military saying it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again over Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon.

“My brother was murdered for not paying an extortion payment…in front of his children,” Edilma Martinez Flores said at a support centre for displaced people in Bogotá.

Negotiators from the United States and Iran were set to start peace talks in Switzerland on Sunday, even as U.S. officials disputed Iranian claims about closing ​the key Strait of Hormuz.

Australia will extend fuel excise relief for an additional month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, as ​the country continues to grapple with higher fuel costs ‌during the Iran war.

Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including an Al Jazeera cameraman and at least one child, according to health officials and rescuers.

The ​Democratic Republic ‌of Congo said ​on ​Saturday the number ⁠of ​confirmed ​Ebola cases in the ​country ​had risen to ‌956, ⁠including 247 deaths.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Ukrainian ​drones had struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Tyumen ‌Region in western Siberia, more than 2,000 km (1,200 miles) from Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Saturday that no ​toll will be charged ‌for passage through the Strait of Hormuz during or after the ​60-day interim ceasefire with Iran — ​unless the U.S. imposes one ⁠should peace talks fail.

A woman was killed and nearly 1,700 tourists were evacuated due to a large ​fire at a hotel in the Dominican beach resort of Bayahibe, local ‌authorities said.

Israel and Hezbollah have agreed a ceasefire, a US official says, following intense Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon that killed 47 people.

Australia will do all it can to curb any spread of H5N1 bird flu, Prime Minister Anthony ​Albanese said, as the first mainland infection was confirmed ‌in a seabird a day after being detected in a remote southwestern region.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi were both headed to Switzerland for talks, Axios said, as a ceasefire in Lebanon appeared to revive efforts to turn an interim Iran war pact ​into a lasting regional deal.