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Trump extends US-Iran ceasefire indefinitely at request of Pakistan
ByHugo Lowell and Joseph Gedeon in Washington April 21, 2026April 21, 2026

US president says on Truth Social attacks are on hold until Iran submits proposal and talks reach end Middle East crisis – live updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDonald Trump announced in a social media post on Tuesday that he was…

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Tehran has ‘no plans to participate’ in talks with US, state media reports
ByAngela Giuffrida and agencies April 19, 2026April 19, 2026

Reported response comes hours after Trump announced delegation to Islamabad, having earlier threatened to raze Iran’s infrastructureMiddle East crisis – live updatesTehran is not currently planning to take part in new talks with the US, Iran state medi…

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JD Vance could yet save his political skin. But it will mean turning on Trump – and soon | Simon Tisdall
BySimon Tisdall April 19, 2026

The vice-president has endured his most humiliating – and damaging – week as his boss’s fall guy. How much more can Maga’s great hope take? For a would-be president, JD Vance has an unfortunate habit of getting into fights he cannot win. Three losing…

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Behind the bluster, Donald Trump desperately needs a peace deal with Iran. Here’s a solution | Rajan Menon
ByRajan Menon April 16, 2026

Washington and Tehran will have to make compromises and the current deadline must be extended. But with the will there’s clearly a way The failure of the Islamabad talks to end the US-Israel war on Iran was hardly surprising, given the stark difference…

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Trump says US will blockade strait of Hormuz as Iran peace talks fail
ByDan Sabbagh in Jerusalem and Sam Jones April 12, 2026

Iran warns move would breach ceasefire as US president also repeats threats to strike critical infrastructureDonald Trump has said the US will begin blockading the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to take control of the strategic waterway from Iran in th…

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Planeloads of negotiators and too little time: US and Iran’s 21 hours of talks
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor April 12, 2026

Two sides tested one another’s resolve but timeframe meant it was probably unrealistic to expect deal Middle East crisis – live updatesIt was if the two delegations in the Iran-US peace talks in Islamabad hoped that the sheer number of negotiators flow…

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JD Vance says talks failed due to Iran’s refusal to give up nuclear programme
BySam Jones and agencies April 12, 2026

Iranian delegates say Washington needs to do more to win their trust if talks in Islamabad to resolve the US-Iran conflict are to be successfulMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US vice-president, JD Vance, has blamed the failure of marathon negotiat…

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US and Iran hold talks in Islamabad as Pakistan seeks to broker peace deal
ByDan Sabbagh, Shah Meer Baloch, William Christou and Hannah Ellis-Petersen April 11, 2026April 11, 2026

JD Vance leads American delegation while Iran’s negotiators headed up by Iran’s parliamentary speakerPeace talks between Iran and the US began in Islamabad this afternoon, with senior negotiators from both countries meeting face to face at the highest …

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Is Iran Trump’s Suez crisis, or just a passing thunderstorm?
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor April 11, 2026

Britain’s standing in the world was never the same after its assault on Egypt in 1956. Now the US risks repeating history in the Middle EastMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump’s addiction to framing every event in the most apocalyptic terms i…

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JD Vance dispatched to negotiate Iran peace with few cards to play
ByAndrew Roth in Washington April 10, 2026

Vice-president’s war doubts and his boss’s desperation to reopen Red Sea look like a weak deck against bolstered opponentsAs JD Vance arrives in Islamabad to negotiate a peace deal with Iran, his first high-profile assignment of the war looks to be a p…

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