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President Donald Trump says the US Navy will "blockade any and all ships" trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz - a vital shipping route.

It comes after peace talks in Pakistan failed. The US blames Iran for not agreeing to a nuclear deal. Iran says the US failed to gain Tehran's trust.

Meanwhile, Israel and Lebanon are set to hold their own talks in Washington next week.

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Today, we look at what the failure to reach an agreement between the US and Iran means for the war in the Middle East and the world.

We also look at what stopped an agreement between the two sides, after differing accounts emerge.

Victoria Derbyshire and Nick Watt are joined by political correspondent Joe Pike, who has the latest on the UK-US row over the Chagos Islands.

And could an election in Hungary reshape political power in Europe?

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President Donald Trump has said the US Navy will "blockade any and all ships" trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz - a vital shipping route.

In a separate post on Truth Social, he added that direct talks with Iran in Islamabad failed because "Iran is unwilling to give up its nuclear ambitions".

Earlier, Iran's delegation leader said the US failed to gain Tehran's trust during lengthy negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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The US president has announced a conditional two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran – but are America’s claims of victory backed up by the facts?

We take a closer look at the state of play – how depleted are US military stockpiles? Does Iran have any military capability left? How are China and Russia viewing the war?

This is The Security Brief with the BBC’s Christian Fraser and former Senior Officer in the British Military, Mikey Kay.

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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said "we have a real chance at peace" after a conditional two-week ceasefire was agreed under "overwhelming pressure" with Iran.

Both sides have claimed victory - Iran says it will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and that its "victory in the field would also be consolidated" in upcoming talks.

In a press conference, Hegseth praised US President Donald Trump for having "made history" and said it was a "capital V military victory" - claiming that Iran's military was rendered combat ineffective for years to come.

The defence secretary also suggested that if it had refused Washington's terms then "the next targets would have been their power plants, their bridges, and oil and energy infrastructure".

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US President Donald Trump has announced a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, on the condition that shipping is allowed through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran will agree to the end in fighting "if attacks against Iran are halted" and if their 10-point ceasefire plan is adhered to.

Pakistan, which has been acting as a mediator, invited both sides to talks in Islamabad on Friday, while UK PM Keir Starmer is travelling to the Gulf to discuss support for the ceasefire.

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Israel has said it supports suspending strikes on Iran, but added the two-week ceasefire "does not include Lebanon".

A statement from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel "supports President Trump's decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks subject to Iran immediately opening the straits and stopping all attacks on the US, Israel and countries in the region".

It then said: "The two-weeks ceasefire does not include Lebanon".

Iran and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who helped negotiate the ceasefire, both have said the deal covers Lebanon, where Israel has been fighting the Iranian proxy Hezbollah.

US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, if shipping is allowed to move through the Strait of Hormuz.

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US President Donald Trump says he has agreed to a proposed two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran if shipping traffic is allowed to move through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has announced Iran will agree to a ceasefire "if attacks against Iran are halted".

The US president had set a deadline of 20:00 EDT (01:00 GMT) for a deal or else "a whole civilisation will die tonight".

Pakistan, which has been acting as a mediator, called on Trump to extend his deadline for two weeks, and has invited both sides for talks in Islamabad on Friday.

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Donald Trump has been accused of threatening war crimes and genocide, after he told Iran that “a whole civilisation will die tonight” unless it agrees to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He has also threatened to destroy Iran’s bridges, power plants and other infrastruction. The US President set a deadline of 8pm EST for Iran to comply.

Pakistan, which has been acting as mediator between the US and Iran, has called on Trump to extend the deadline by two weeks “to allow diplomacy to run its course”.

A growing number of US Democratic politicians are calling for President Trump to be removed from office. Dozens of Democratic lawmakers accused Donald Trump of "threatening genocidal war crimes" or being "too dangerous" to "have the nuclear codes". Senior Democrats in the House of Representatives have called on Republicans to join them in a "vote to end this reckless war of choice in the Middle East before Donald Trump plunges our country into World War III”.

Pope Leo said that threats directed at Iran’s population were “truly unacceptable". The Pope, who is American, has increasingly voiced criticism of the Iran war.

The US Vice President JD Vance was separately accused of threatening the use of nuclear weapons against Iran, after he said the US had "tools in our tool kit that we so far haven't decided to use. The President of the United States can decide to use them and he will decide to use them if the Iranians don't change their course of conduct". Asked to clarify his comments, the White House said "literally nothing" Vance said implied such a threat.

Iran has said it will not be intimidated by US threats and said it would continue its military campaign against US allies in the region

Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith, Lyse Doucet and Jeremy Bowen.

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