Donald Trump has said he doesn’t want to extend the ceasefire with Iran which is due to expire today.
This article contains updates form Tuesday (Australia time) in the Middle East. For Wednesday’s live coverage click here.
Asked on Tuesday, US time, if he would increase the time for talks if negotiations progress, the US president said: “I don’t want to do that”.
He later added Trump: “I expect to be bombing”.
Yet earlier, Mr Trump took to social media to insist “things are going very well”, and to fume about “traitors” within his own country.
Pakistan, which has been acting as a mediator between the warring nations, is leading efforts to schedule new negotiations in Islamabad.
Iran has said it won’t attend them unless the American blockade of its ports is lifted; Mr Trump has indicated the blockade will remain in place until a peace deal is reached. For now, the impasse is holding.
Read on for more updates from Tuesday.
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