Good evening. I'm Amman Nawaz. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight, the United States blockades Iran's ports after the first round of peace talks fail, how the move is likely to affect negotiations and gas prices.

Hungary's longtime leader and Trump ally,

Victor Orban, is defeated in a landslide election.

Everyone could see that the system was cracking under the strain,

and Peter Madrejad jumped out ahead.

And President Trump picks a fight with the Pope,

who says he won't back down from speaking out against war.

Welcome to the News Hour. The U.S. began a blockade of Iranian ports today, less than two days after a first effort at peace talks between the Americans and Iran failed in Pakistan.

White House correspondent Liz Landers begins our coverage.

Today, in the Strait of Hormuz, it was the U.S. Navy that said it will enforce a blockade. A choke point for roughly

20 percent of the world's oil, now a bargaining chip caught in the middle of an impossible

negotiation. The U.S. said it would block all ships entering or leaving Iranian ports.

President Trump issued a direct threat, warning that if any Iranian vessel comes close to the U.S.

blockade, it will be, quote, immediately eliminated.

And today said there will be no deal until Iran gives up its highly enriched uranium.

They don't agree there's no deal.

There's no deal.

Iran will not have a nuclear weapon, and we're going to get the dust back.

We'll get it back either. We'll get it back from them or we'll take it.

The escalation follows the failure of 21 hours of marathon talks in Islamabad this weekend.

The negotiations were meant to turn a fragile ceasefire into a broader agreement.

Instead, both sides walked away, blaming each other.

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