U-turn comes after Trump said the US military was \u2018raring to go\u2019. Plus, Virginia voters pass new congressional maps in blow to president<\/p>\n
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Donald Trump unilaterally announced an extension<\/a> of the two-week ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday amid frantic efforts to bring the two sides back to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n How are Trump\u2019s negotiating tactics being received? <\/strong>The president\u2019s impatience and rough-house diplomatic style, including his frequent online posting, has been a key stumbling block to restarting peace talks, writes the Guardian\u2019s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour<\/a>.<\/p>\n Is Tehran united on how to deal with Washington? <\/strong>Analysts say it is not, with fierce disagreement among Iranian leaders over how to respond to US pressure and whether to risk a new wave of bombing.<\/p>\n Follow the latest updates<\/strong> with our liveblog<\/a>.<\/p>\n How much of a boost for the Democrats is Virginia\u2019s referendum result?<\/strong> It could help them win four additional House seats in November\u2019s midterms, which could prove pivotal in an evenly divided Congress.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" U-turn comes after Trump said the US military was \u2018raring to go\u2019. Plus, Virginia voters pass new congressional maps in blow to president Good morning. Donald Trump unilaterally announced an extension of the two-week ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday amid frantic efforts to bring the two sides back to the negotiating table. How are Trump\u2019s … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}