2026-09-28
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Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Arachi,
said American mediators had not officially relayed their rejection of an Iranian offer of a seven-day ceasefire.
Earlier, Donald Trump claimed he had turned it down.
The deal would have started a seven-day countdown to reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Mr. Arachi insisted that a negotiated solution was still needed.
Iran's army chief warned that if Iran could not trade, no one would.
British police detained five men on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act after a tip-off
that three vans were heading towards RAF Fairford, an airbase America used to strike Iran.
Earlier, 85 homes were evacuated and security was tightening at other American use bases in Britain.
In July, the Iranian regime warned that it considered any base used to conduct strikes as a legitimate target.
Voters in Switzerland rejected a proposal to enshrine eternal and armed neutrality in the constitution.
Early results showed that 69% voted against the legislation,