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while Iran says no such talks are taking place.

President Trump even went so far as to announce he's postponed planned strikes against Iranian energy and electricity targets for five days to give the talks a chance to continue.

So who exactly is Trump's team, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, speaking to on the Iranian side?

Well, Reuters Deputy Foreign Policy Editor Humira Pamuk says that is also not entirely clear.

A European official says while there have been no direct negotiations between Iran and the US, Egypt, Pakistan and Gulf states are relaying messages between the two.

And a Pakistani official told Reuters that direct talks on ending the war could be held in Islamabad as soon as this week.

The Iranian parliament speaker Humira mentioned there has said on X that Trump's account of talks is, quote, fake news used to manipulate the financial and oil markets.

Global markets rallied in relief overnight after Trump added a five-day extension to his Saturday ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

For more on that market reaction, tune into our sister podcast, Morning Bit, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Sticking with Iran, a Reuters exclusive on how the war began.

President Donald Trump approved the U.S.

operation against Iran after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued there was a closing window to kill the country's supreme leader.

Netanyahu pressed the case in a phone call with Trump just 48 hours before the joint strikes began.

That's according to people briefed on that call.

They say Trump had already signed off on the idea of an operation, but had not yet decided when or how the United States would take part.

Soldiers stand amongst the twisted wreckage of a plane still on fire after a Colombian Air Force plane crashed deep in the Amazon.

More than 60 people were killed, according to sources, when the plane went down just after takeoff near the border with Peru.

The plane was carrying more than 125 people.

It's one of the deadliest accidents in recent history for Colombia's Air Force.

Now to Atlanta International Airport, where travelers stand or sometimes sit in huge lines as TSA absences lead to hours-long delays.