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Trump news at a glance: president says scheduled attack on Iran has been postponed – for now

A large billboard shows a close-up face with a blue cloth covering the mouth, above busy street traffic in Tehran
People drive past an anti-US billboard in Tehran depicting Donald Trump and the strait of Hormuz. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/Reuters

Donald Trump says he has called off a planned attack on Iran at the behest of Gulf states so talks could continue.

In a post to his Truth Social platform, the US president claimed that the leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia had approached Washington because of the chance of reaching a deal that would be “very acceptable” to the US, and preclude Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

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