00:00J.D. Vant has flown to Pakistan to lead high-stake talks with Iran, warning Tehran that if he tries
00:07to, quote, play the U.S., negotiations wouldn't be receptive.
00:13Before boarding Air Force Two, the U.S. Vice President told reporters he was looking forward to the talks.
00:23I think it's going to be positive. We'll foresee. As the President of the United States said, if the Iranians
00:29are willing to negotiate in good faith, we're certainly willing to extend the open hand.
00:33Meanwhile, the U.K. Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, held talks with top Qatari officials on a visit to the Gulf
00:40nation on Friday, discussing what he termed the fragile ceasefire in the Iran war.
00:48Obviously, the discussion moved very quickly to the ceasefire, a sense that it's fragile, that more work is needed, that
00:56the Strait of Hormuz has to be part of the solution, a very strong sense that there can't be tolling
01:01or restrictions on that navigation.
01:03Also on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expelled Spain from participating in a U.S.-led international body monitoring Gaza,
01:14after it had, quote, chosen repeatedly to stand against Israel.
01:19Some 200 American troops are currently working alongside the Israeli military and delegations from other countries to monitor the implementation
01:28of the U.S.-sponsored peace deal in Gaza.
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