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Trump news at a glance: president renews threat to Iranian power plants and bridges after talks fail

Donald Trump gestures with a thumbs up as he gets into the presidential car in Washington DC
Donald Trump announced a blockade of the strait of Hormuz after 21 hours of peace negotiations collapsed on Islamabad on Sunday morning. Photograph: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Donald Trump has said the US will begin blockading the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to take control of the strategic waterway from Iran in the aftermath of failed peace negotiations between the countries in Pakistan.

The US president also threatened to bomb Iran’s water treatment facilities as well as its power plants and bridges, repeating an earlier threat, if Tehran did not agree to abandon its nuclear weapons programme – the key sticking point between the two sides.

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