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Vice President Vance has concluded the first round of high-level talks with Iranian officials in Switzerland.
The mediators are Pakistan and Qatar.
Officials from these two countries say technical teams from Iran and the U.S.
Will go on talking about the details of the preliminary agreement.
NPR's Aya Batrawi has more.
They say the U.S.
And Iran also agreed to create a, quote, deconfliction cell to ensure a ceasefire in Lebanon holds.
This comes after high-level talks concluded in Switzerland in what mediators say was a, quote,
positive and constructive atmosphere.
Those talks almost didn't happen.
Iran's delegation refused to meet Vance due to Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon.
Iran then said it was closing the Strait of Hormuz, and President Trump threatened the U.S.
Could resume attacks on Iran.
But by Sunday, the two sides were sitting down for talks,
and there were no new attacks between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon.
Able Trawi, NPR News, Dubai.
There's been a change this morning in British politics.
U.K.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he is going to step down as head of his party,