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President Trump rejects Europe's diplomatic efforts on Iran

White House says Trump will decide in the next fortnight whether to take direct US action.

US President Donald Trump has dismissed efforts by European countries to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, as Geneva talks aimed at a negotiated solution to the Israel-Iran conflict failed to yield a breakthrough. He also warned Iran it has a "maximum" of two weeks to avoid possible US strikes.

Also in the programme:Pro-Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil has been released on bail after spending more than three months in a US immigration detention facility; and we look at US public broadcasters, which are under attack from the Republican majority in Congress.

Presenter Paul Henley is joined by Latika Bourke, an Australian author and journalist for The Nightly Australia, in London and Vali Nasr, Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and former official at the US State department in Rome.

(Photo: President Trump departs White House for New Jersey, Washington, USA . He did not resond to the press questions about the ongoing conflict on between Israel and Iran- 20 Jun 2025. Credit:Jim Lo Scalzo/ EPA)

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