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War to resume if talks fail Says Trump as he rules out extending ceasefire; Iran yet to confirm participation in negotiations Iran says truce ends at midnight GMT; US president says it expires a day later JD Vance delays departure for Pakistan Iran foreign minister says US blockade ‘an act of war’

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President Donald Trump yesterday said that he did not want to extend a rapidly expiring ceasefire in the US-Israeli war on Iran and that the US military was “raring to go” if negotiations were not successful.

He spoke shortly after the US military announced it had boarded a huge Iranian oil tanker at sea in international waters, the first such move against Iran’s crude exports. That could make it more difficult to revive peace talks with Iran, which has said it will not negotiate under the “shadow of threats” and while Washington enforces a blockade of its ports.

Washington has expressed confidence that last-ditch talks with Iran will go ahead in Pakistan, and a Mediator

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