Cecilia Lei

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And Hungary's Viktor Orban suffers a historic election defeat.

It's Monday, April 13th.

I'm Cecilia Ley, and this is Apple News Today.

The weekend began with cautious optimism, talk of possible negotiations that could end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

By Sunday, that hope had faded.

Instead, President Trump was ordering a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and threatening new bombings in a phone call to Fox News.

On Saturday, Vice President J.D.

Vance led a delegation to Pakistan alongside Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and real estate investor-turned-diplomat Steve Witkoff.

These were some of the highest-level direct talks between Iran and the U.S.

since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

But after 21 hours of discussions, Vance emerged to say the two sides remained far apart.

Phil Stewart is Reuters national security correspondent who told us how we got here.

According to Stewart, neither side even agreed on what went on in the room.

He told us that certain U.S.

demands weren't met, including an end to uranium enrichment and the funding of proxies abroad.

Stewart also said the Iranians claimed the U.S.

had come a long way on their demands for reparations and acceptance of their authority over the strait.

On Sunday, Trump announced that the U.S.

Navy will start blockading the vital shipping route beginning today.

About 20 percent of the world's oil normally flows through the strait, but now it's a tiny fraction of that.

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