Washington and Tehran express increasing optimism that weeks of halting negotiations may be drawing to a close \u2013 key US politics stories from Saturday 13 June at a glance<\/p>\n
Donald Trump says a deal with Iran to end the war would be signed on Sunday, and that the strait of Hormuz would be \u201copen to all\u201d immediately after.<\/p>\n
Iran had offered a different timeline earlier in the day, but nonetheless signalled an agreement was in the offing, as both the warring parties and their mediators expressed increasing optimism that weeks of halting negotiations were drawing to a close.<\/p>\n
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