{"id":218526,"date":"2026-07-28T04:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T04:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-threatens-to-restart-attacks-on-iran-even-as-vance-cites-progress-in-talks-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T04:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T04:38:12","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-threatens-to-restart-attacks-on-iran-even-as-vance-cites-progress-in-talks-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-threatens-to-restart-attacks-on-iran-even-as-vance-cites-progress-in-talks-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: President threatens to restart attacks on Iran even as Vance cites progress in talks – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump warning that Iran \u2018won\u2019t have a country\u2019 if it closes strait of Hormuz contrasts with vice-president\u2019s tone seeking to turn over \u2018new leaf\u2019 with Tehran \u2013 key US politics stories from Sunday 21 June
Donald Trump threatened to \u2060resume war with Iran even as his vice-president JD Vance met Iranian officials to begin peace talks in Switzerland.
Also overshadowing negotiations in B\u00fcrgenstock was Tehran\u2019s announcement it had again closed the strait of Hormuz, a threat made because of ongoing Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon.
In apparent reference to the Tehran-backed Hezbollah \u2060militia in Lebanon, Trump on Sunday posted on his Truth Social platform: \u201cIran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble. If they don\u2019t, we\u2019ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!\u201d
Speaking to Fox News, the US president also threatened to take over the Hormuz strait and appeared to threaten to kidnap the Iranian negotiators, saying: \u201cYou close it and you won\u2019t have a country. You won\u2019t even make it back to your fucking country.\u201d
Trump\u2019s threats prompted the negotiators to walk out of the high-stakes discussions in protest. The comments also contrasted with the tone of Vance, who hailed progress during the first round of the direct US-Iran talks after their initial deal and said Trump had asked him to use the negotiations to turn over a \u201cnew leaf\u201d with Iran.
Iranian state media said the negotiation had entered a \u201cdifficult phase\u201d and recessed after the \u201cpublication of an insulting message by the US president\u201d. The Iranian delegation met Qatari mediators and then left the negotiating site, reports said.
But high-level negotiations continued before concluding in the early hours of Monday, with Pakistan and Qatar saying technical talks between the two sides would continue for the rest of the week. Iran\u2019s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, praised Pakistan and Qatar for their mediation early on Monday, saying that they \u201cdelivered major progress\u201d.
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US political figures from left and right have voiced fresh objections to Trump\u2019s provisional deal with Iran.
Outgoing Republican senator John Cornyn posted a line<\/a> on X from a Wall Street Journal article on how rogue regimes evade US economic warfare. Senior Democratic figure Susan Rice added to her recent description of the US-Iran deal as a \u201chorrific surrender\u201d by Trump, calling it \u201cegregious\u201d because \u201cso many concessions were granted up front\u201d.
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The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington would \u201cprobably\u201d be drained for repairs, the president said, after algae blooms and peeling paint marred the controversial recent renovation efforts for America\u2019s 250th anniversary celebrations<\/a> next month.
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At least seven people have been killed and dozens injured in several shootings in Chicago since Friday, police said, with Trump again calling for military intervention in the midwestern city.
In a post on Truth Social, the president questioned why Illinois\u2019s governor, JB Pritzker, had not welcomed military deployment.
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Nine months after Trump ordered an anti-crime taskforce on to the streets of Memphis, a small band of dedicated observers is attempting to monitor its actions.
They have alleged widespread intimidation<\/a> by agents, who stand accused in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee of having tailed cars, surveilled homes and even \u201cfalsely arrested\u201d one community observer.
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Public health resources across the US are failing to keep pace<\/a> with the rapid growth of online gambling<\/strong>, problem health advocates warned, after Trump endorsed the controversial nationwide surge of prediction markets.
Keir Starmer is expected to announce<\/a> on Monday that he will step down as British prime minister<\/strong>, after overwhelming pressure from Labour MPs to make way for Andy Burnham to become Labour leader.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 20 June 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Trump warning that Iran \u2018won\u2019t have a country\u2019 if it closes strait of Hormuz contrasts with vice-president\u2019s tone seeking to turn over \u2018new leaf\u2019 with Tehran \u2013 key US politics stories from Sunday 21 JuneDonald Trump threatened to \u2060resume war with Iran even as his vice-president JD Vance met Iranian officials to begin peace talks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}