Welcome to our live coverage of the US and Israel’s’ war with Iran.
JD Vance is headed to Pakistan for talks with Iran with an aim to end the conflict.
“We’re looking forward to the negotiations, I think it’s going to be positive”, the US vice president said as he left Washington DC.
He added that the US would extend an “open hand” but warned Tehran not to “play us”.
Inflation in the US has ticked up to its highest point in two years, which could harm Donald Trump given he campaigned on lowering prices.
In March, inflating went up by 0.9 per cent and year on year it was up 3.3 per cent – the rise was led by gas pieces.
Meanwhile, UK Prime Ministry Keir Starmer has given some of his most damning remarks about the US president yet lumping him in with Vladimir Putin.
“I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down … because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world”.
Read on for more updates.
