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Instead of peace talks today, the US-Iran ceasefire is on the brink of collapsing and the Strait of Hormuz is heating up. Despite the two-week deadline expiring today, JD Vance never boarded a plane to Pakistan for negotiations and neither did anyone from Iran. Instead, Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire indefinitely and the IRGC has today attacked several more international ships. Is the war about to restart? Venetia Rainey and Roland Oliphant are joined by chief foreign affairs commentator David Blair and foreign correspondent Akhtar Makoii to discuss the latest news, decode the signals from each side and explain what might happen next. Plus, Roland chats to Richard Mead, editor-in-chief of the maritime industry bible Lloyd's List, about the wider implications of the Strait of Hormuz being in “utter chaos”, how ships are increasingly going dark to avoid detection, and China’s role in everything. CONTRIBUTORS: Venetia Rainey, co-host @venetiarainey Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant David Blair, chief foreign affairs commentator @davidblairdt Akhtar Makoii, foreign correspondent @akhtar_makoii CONTENT REFERENCED: Connor Stringer: ‘It’s all a giant clusterf---’: Inside Trump’s floundering Iran peace process https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/04/21/white-house-iran-trump-war/ Akhtar Makoii: Iran’s real negotiator is staring Trump down from the shadows https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/21/irans-real-negotiator-is-staring-trump-down-shadows/ David Blair: Trump’s flip-flopping will only embolden Iran to harden its demands https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/22/trump-flip-flopping-embolden-iran-harden-demands/ Hormuz chaos shows Iran is too fractured to speak with one voice https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/19/hormuz-strait-iran-too-fractured-to-speak-with-one-voice/ Producer: Peter Shevlin Executive Producers: Venetia Rainey & Louisa Wells ► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor ► EMAIL US: Contact the team on battlelines@telegraph.co.uk ► GET THE LATEST HEADLINES: Find all our latest Iran coverage here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/iran-war/