Trump open to talks with Iran as conflict deepens in Middle East
by Julian Borger in London and Jason Burke in Jerusal from World news | The Guardian on (#73XYQ)
US president signals willingness to engage with Tehran's surviving leadership as strikes and retaliatory attacks intensify across region
Donald Trump said on Sunday he was prepared to talk to what was left of the Iranian leadership iafter the killing of the country's supreme leader by US-Israeli airstrikes aimed at overthrowing the regime.
Trump was speaking as a second day of intense bombing of Iranian cities and Tehran's missile counterattacks sent tremors across the region and through the global economy. On Monday the conflict spread to Lebanon as Israel began striking Hezbollah targets, after the group launched missiles and drones towards Israel's north in retaliation for the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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