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  "textContent": "Donald Trump has made many visits to UFC fights in the past (Picture: Julia Demaree Nikhinson – Pool/Getty Images)\n\nUS Vice President JD Vance has left Pakistan without securing a deal to end the Iran war – while his boss Donald Trump watched a UFC fight in Florida.\n\nTalks between the US and Iran collapsed last night, with both sides saying they would wait for the other to agree to their terms.\n\nVance, believed to be a strong skeptic of the war, led the negotiations in Pakistan alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.\n\nIn a press conference afterwards, the vice president said: ‘They have chosen not to accept our terms.\n\n‘We leave here with a very simple proposal: a method of understanding that is our final and best offer. We’ll see if the Iranians accept it.’\n\nIranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said the talks would only succeed if the US accepted ‘Iran’s legitimate rights and interests.’\n\nThe failure came less than five days into a two-week ceasefire which was agreed by the US and Iran hours before a deadline set by the US president.\n\nJD Vance speaking at the press conference, alongside Jared Kushner, left, and Steve WItkoff (Picture: Jacquelyn Martin/AFP via Getty Images)\n\nTrump had warned shortly beforehand in an inflammatory social media post that he would end Iranian civilisation if Tehran failed to take action.\n\nBut while the future of the ceasefire was cast into doubt during the talks in Pakistan, he took the time to visit a sports arena in Miami for UFC 327.\n\nJoined by his secretary of state Marco Rubio, the two top government figures relaxed from the stresses of war by watching highlights of men hitting each other.\n\nAccording to the New York Times, White House officials said they would defer to Trump for comment on the stalled negotiations – but the president stayed at the fight for a further three hours after Vance’s announcement.\n\nTrump watches the fight from a front-row seat (Picture: AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)\n\nNevertheless, Vance said he had spoken to Trump at least half a dozen times during the talks with Iran and the biggest split was on the future of the Iranian nuclear programme.\n\nEarlier on Saturday, Trump had said no matter the outcome of the negotiations, ‘We win, regardless.’\n\nSpeaking on Sky News this morning, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the news from Pakistan was ‘obviously disappointing’.\n\nHowever, he added: ‘As ever, in diplomacy you’re failing until you succeed. So while these talks may not have ended in success, it doesn’t mean there isn’t merit in continuing to try.’\n\nStreeting said the US leader had said ‘incendiary, provocative, outrageous things’ in the past week, but continued: ‘I think we’ve all come to learn that you judge President Trump on what he does, not just what he says.’\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Negotiations to end war in Iran collapse while Trump attends UFC fight"
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