“A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again”.

Those were the words earlier today of the sitting US President Donald Trump on Truth Social as he threatened significant attacks on Iran tonight should a ceasefire deal not be reached. The President has set a deadline of 8pm eastern time in the US, 1am here, for that deal before attacks would start, which would see every bridge and power plant in the country rendered inoperable just four hours later…

Steven Erlanger is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for the New York Times, and joins Shane to discuss.

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