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He was then removed from the U.S.

And as for the fans, some have said that they spent thousands of dollars on tickets, flights and hotels only to be denied visas.

Trump officials have defended the disruptions as the price of keeping the country safe.

On the war with Iran, the U.S., Iran, and the chief mediator, Pakistan, all agreed today that a peace deal to end the war was nearly complete.

However, since launching the war, President Trump has said nearly 40 times that the two countries were close to a deal, only for the talks to fall through.

Some U.S.

and Middle Eastern officials have become skeptical of the repeated claims of breakthroughs.

And an initial agreement, if it comes, would only kickstart the hardest part of nuclear negotiations over the coming months.

For more on the deal and where it stands, I'm joined now by WSJ Middle East correspondent Benoit Faucon.

Benoit, how did Iran and mediators respond to President Trump yesterday, saying that the deal was already done?

So my understanding was that the basic outlines of the deal have been clear for weeks, right?

Like, what are the points of contention still?

Do mediators expect this to really drag on or do we see an end in sight?

That was WSJ Middle East correspondent Benoit Foucan.

Thanks, Benoit.

And in news from China, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry said today that it had detained Min Xin, a U.S.

citizen who is a student activist and journalist, on suspicion of espionage and endangering national security.

It's another possible point of friction between the U.S.

and China, coming just weeks after the summit between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

China didn't give the location or date of Min Xin's arrest.