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and I'm not to saying that because I work here. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, another round of nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran took place today in Rome,

but the Iranian regime is signaling that they may walk away from the negotiating table

over the Trump administration's demands to end all uranium enrichment.

We'll have those details.

Later in the show, despite the diplomatic deadlock over the war in Ukraine, leaders in Kiev and Moscow are conducting the largest

prisoner swap of the more than three-year-old conflict. Some 2,000 soldiers are involved in this

exchange. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. We begin today with the latest on the

U.S. Iran nuclear talks, as leaders in Tehran reportedly grow skeptical that they'll be able to reach

a new deal with the Trump administration. Well, actually, to be honest, maybe if they quit pursuing

nuclear weapons and also stopped funding and training and otherwise supporting their

various terrorist proxies, they could probably reach a new deal. The fifth round of negotiations

played out earlier today in Rome, led by Iranian Foreign Minister Abasarachi, and U.S. Middle

East envoy Steve Whitkoth. They spoke indirectly through Omani mediators. The talks ended without any major

breakthroughs, but Oman's foreign minister said progress was made towards at least establishing a

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