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The US has launched airstrikes on Iran after Trump threatened consequences for stalled negotiations. In retaliation, Iran targeted Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, declaring the ceasefire ineffective.
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Has the ceasefire collapsed yet?
The US have launched a fresh round of airstrikes on Iran, targeting a range of Iranian cities, after Donald Trump said Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations. Iran responded with strikes targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, and said the US strikes “rendered the ceasefire [of April 8] practically meaningless.”
The US attack appeared more intense and wider than separate actions the day before, which the US said were a “proportional response” to the downing of the Apache helicopter.
Trump has accused Iranian negotiators of “playing us for suckers” a day after he repeated claims that a peace deal was imminent. “We hit them hard yesterday and we’re going to hit them hard again today,” the US president told reporters at the White House on Wednesday.

Bill Gates said he ‘never witnessed nor had any indication’ that Jeffrey Epstein was ‘engaged in ongoing criminal conduct’. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
The US airstrikes were prompted by Donald Trump's threats against Iran for stalled negotiations.
Iran retaliated by launching strikes targeting Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan.
Trump accused Iranian negotiators of 'playing us for suckers' and claimed a peace deal was imminent.
The April 8 ceasefire was declared practically meaningless by Iran following the US airstrikes.

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