• AUD/USD rises to eye 0.6990 as US dollar eases on Trump guidance

• Trump says US will not attack Iran before midterm elections on Nov 3

• 0.6990 is October high-to-date (on Tuesday). 0.6995 was Sept 30 high

• CFTC data at 1930 GMT will show if net AUD short rose again in week to Oct 6

• Net AUD short hit nine-month high of 63,239 contracts in week to Sept 29

• RBA meeting minutes, Australian employment data due next week

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(Robert Howard is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)