Donald Trump has pledged to escalate the economic pressure on Iran by blocking the

Strait of Hormuz himself. Victor Orban has been transced in Hungary's general election,

and Tucker Carlson clashes with the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire. I'm Stephen Methven, and tonight I'm

joined by Barry Malone. Barry, how's it going?

How's it been?

Stephen Metfen.

It's only my second time on with you so I'm really happy about that.

I'm very happy about it.

I think it's our first time in person.

It is.

Very nice.

It's great.

Good.

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think in the comments below as well as always. ceasefire talks between Iran and the US took place in Islamabad Pakistan this weekend,

with no deal reached after 21 hours of negotiations between the two teams.

And in response,

US President Donald Trump pledged to escalate the economic pressure on Iran. In a true social post,

Trump wrote this. Iran promised to open the strait of Hormuz, and they knowingly failed to do so. This caused anxiety, dislocation and pain to many people and countries throughout the

world. They say they put mines in the water, even though all of their navy and most of their

mine droppers have been completely blown up. They may have done so, but what shipowner

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