Hopes that America and Iran were close to reaching a deal to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz were on shaky ground.(美伊接近达成结束战争并重新开放霍尔木兹海峡协议的希望岌岌可危。) In what it described as “purely(纯粹地，完全的) defensive” measures, America shot down Iranian drones and conducted air strikes against military targets in Iran. Iran retaliated(报复，回击); Kuwait, the home of an American air base, intercepted a barrage(齐射，大量投掷) of drones and missiles. Days after claiming that a deal was nearly done, Donald Trump dismissed(驳回，拒绝考虑) Iranian claims that one was close, insisting that America would not allow Iran to control the strait in any settlement.
美伊接近达成结束战争并重新开放霍尔木兹海峡协议的希望岌岌可危。美国采取其所谓的“纯粹防御”措施，击落伊朗无人机并对伊朗军事目标实施空袭。伊朗进行了报复；作为美国空军基地所在地的科威特拦截了大量无人机和导弹。在声称协议即将达成几天后，唐纳德·特朗普驳斥了伊朗关于即将达成协议的说法，坚称在任何解决方案中美国都不会允许伊朗控制该海峡。
Israel stepped up(加强，增加) its offensive against Hizbullah(黎巴嫩真主党), an Iranian-backed militia, in southern Lebanon. It extended its combat zone against Hizbullah’s operations to all areas south of the Zahrani river, which lies 40km (25 miles) north of the Israeli border, and told all residents to evacuate(疏散，撤离). Separately, Hamas(巴勒斯坦伊斯兰抵抗运动) confirmed that Israel had killed the new leader of its armed wing in an air strike on Gaza. His predecessor had been killed by Israel just a week earlier.
以色列加强了对伊朗支持的真主党武装在黎巴嫩南部的攻势。它将针对真主党行动的战斗区扩大到扎赫拉尼河以南的所有地区，该河距离以色列边境以北40公里（25英里），并命令所有居民撤离。另外，哈马斯证实，以色列在加沙的一次空袭中打死了其武装分支的新领导人。而他的前任刚在一周前被以色列击毙。
The WHO(世界卫生组织) called for a ceasefire in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo to help tackle the Ebola(埃博拉病毒) outbreak there. More than 1,000 suspected cases and around 250 deaths have been reported; both figures are almost certainly undercounts(低估的数字). Fighting has hindered(阻碍，妨碍) response efforts and exacerbated(加剧，使恶化) the spread. Meanwhile, Canada and the Bahamas imposed similar travel bans to America’s on residents from three African countries.
世界卫生组织呼吁在刚果民主共和国东部停火，以帮助应对那里的埃博拉疫情。已报告超过1000例疑似病例和约250人死亡；这两个数字几乎肯定都被低估了。战斗阻碍了应对工作并加剧了疫情蔓延。与此同时，加拿大和巴哈马对来自三个非洲国家的居民实施了类似美国的旅行禁令。
Don’t leave me this way
别这样离开我