Donald Trump says he has cancelled strikes against Iran, provided a deal is struck "rapidly" with the country. Trump's comments came after reports that the US and Israel may have been planning new, intense strikes on Iran. He said cancelling the attack would be "for the future benefit of the world and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran". Back on 7 April, the US president warned that "a whole civilisation will die tonight" if Iran refused to engage in peace talks. The issue with that view, however, is that those talks ended without a deal.