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Lebanon Remains a Key Area for Success of US-Iran Talks

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Talks between the US and Iran will continue this week, according to mediators, even as President Donald Trump threatened strikes if Hezbollah keeps attacking Israel. A resolution to the fighting in Lebanon will be decisive for the success of the talks in Switzerland, according to an official familiar with the discussions. Israel's support is seen as crucial to moving the interim deal forward. Bloomberg's Dan Williams reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Trump news at a glance: President threatens to restart attacks on Iran even as Vance cites progress in talks

Trump warning that Iran ‘won’t have a country’ if it closes strait of Hormuz contrasts with vice-president’s tone seeking to turn over ‘new leaf’ with Tehran – key US politics stories from Sunday 21 JuneDonald Trump threatened to ⁠resume war with Iran even as his vice-president JD Vance met Iranian officials to begin peace talks in Switzerland.Also overshadowing negotiations in Bürgenstock was Tehran’s announcement it had again closed the strait of Hormuz, a threat made because of ongoing Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon. Continue reading...

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Expert uncorks blunt advice for Trump on MS NOW as Iran deal slips away: 'Just shut up!'

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said he thinks the tentative deal between the U.S. and Iran will fail. “If you don’t have a diplomatic path through the MOU, then you have to go to war, or some other form of coercion,” Graham told CBS News’s “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan, referring to the…

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