Vance says no deal reached, US has made ‘best, final offer’

Islamabad talks on Iran War

US Vice President JD Vance has left Islamabad after talks with Iran ended without a deal, saying he has put forward a “final and best offer”.

• Sources close to the Iranian delegation tell news agencies that the US was looking for an excuse to leave the talks and that the ball is in America’s court.

• US President Donald Trump said that Washington had won the war on Iran regardless of how the talks concluded.

• Iran has denied US claims that two of its ships transited the Strait of Hormuz and warned that any attempt by military vessels to pass through the waterway would be met with a “strong response”.

• Israel continues to strike southern Lebanon, with at least 13 people killed in an Israeli strike on the town of Tefahta.

• Visit our live tracker for the latest casualty figures from across the region. – Al Jazeera