Negotiations on a potential agreement between the United States and Iran could take months, though it is also possible that the sides may reach a deal within a week, US Vice President JD Vance said in an interview with CBS News.

"I feel that we are in a position to get a deal that is good for the United States economically, and that really does deal with the Iranian nuclear program, not just now, not just while Donald Trump is president, but for the long term, to where my kids can say when they're adults, Iran is not going to have a nuclear weapon, that's the goal of the policy, and I think we're very close to achieving that goal, but we still got some wood to chop, we're going to keep doing it," he said.

"I think we're going to know a lot before the midterm elections. Look, I think the deal could happen in the next week, but the deal could also happen months from now," Vance added.

U.K. leaders call for calm as protests break out after Belfast street stabbing. LONDON — U.K. leaders called for calm Tuesday after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of trying to kill a man in a vicious stabbing on a Belfast street sparked fiery anti-immigration protests because the suspect is an asylum-seeker.

The victim, a man in his 40s, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries to his eyes, face and back after he was attacked late Monday in north Belfast in Northern Ireland, police said.

The suspect, 30, who was not named, was held in custody and charged with attempted murder, possession of a knife in a public place and making threats to kill. A kitchen knife was found at the scene.

Police were trying to determine the motive, but there was no information to suggest the attack caught on video was terrorism-related, said Ryan Henderson, assistant chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. He added that police were not seeking other suspects.

“This brutal attack will have sent shock waves through the community, causing real concern,” he said.

Northern Ireland’s leaders and chief constable urged people not to incite hate and fear or target particular communities after reports that protests were planned.

Protesters in black hoodies, some wearing masks, torched a bus in east Belfast, and cars and trash bins were set ablaze as groups gathered in other parts of the city.

At the other end of the U.K., demonstrators marched in Southampton, England, where the recent sentencing of a man who killed a university student with a knife led to violent clashes with police last week.

Although the victim and convicted killer were both British, protesters stood outside a Southampton hotel that had housed asylum seekers, holding signs that said “Illegal Migration Is Destroying Our Civilisation.”

The Belfast attack sparked immediate questions about the suspect’s immigration status, including from some politicians. Gavin Robinson, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, urged authorities to curb “uncontrolled immigration.”

Northern Ireland’s chief constable Jon Boutcher told reporters that the suspect was living in the U.K. under a five-year visa granted in September 2023. Boutcher said he was believed to have traveled from Sudan to Paris and Dublin before claiming asylum in Belfast.

#DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A U.S. army attack helicopter crashed early Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz, but U.S. President Donald Trump said the two crew members aboard were not injured in the incident near the strategic waterway that Iran has effectively closed during the #war.

What caused the crash of the Apache remained unclear in a Middle East still reeling after Iran and Israel exchanged fire the previous day in the biggest blow yet to the strained ceasefire in the Iran war. Iranian state television reported Tuesday that the Israeli attacks killed at least two members of the country’s air-defence units.

Since the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran on Feb. 28, the war has shaken the global economy, driven up energy prices around the world and made many basics, including food, more expensive. Officials have been unable to turn the April ceasefire into a deal to permanently end the conflict, particularly as Israel intensifies and expands its military campaign in Lebanon against the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah.

Trump, speaking to journalists at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York after watching the NBA Finals on Monday night, acknowledged the crash.

“The pilots are fine. Yeah,” Trump said. “Nobody injured. We are going to issue a report tomorrow. But the pilots are fine.”

The crash happened about 3:30 a.m. local time Tuesday off the coast of Oman while the helicopter was on a patrol, the U.S. military’s Central Command said in a later statement. It said the crew members were rescued within two hours and in stable condition.

AH-64 Apache helicopters have been a key asset for the American military as it enforces a blockade on Iranian crude oil shipments and tankers, seeking to pressure Tehran into a deal. The helicopters have also been used by the United Arab Emirates to shoot down Iranian drones.

The New York Times first reported on the crash.

Trump insists an Iran deal is coming

Trump also expressed renewed optimism over negotiations with Iran.

“We have a good chance” of signing a deal in “two or three days,” Trump said. But he didn’t provide any details on why there was reason for new optimism. In the two months since the U.S. and Iran agreed to an initial ceasefire, Trump has repeatedly predicted that a deal is near.

“We’re very close to having a very, very good, strong, powerful deal,” the president said. “If we go and bomb — which we could do very easily if we want, and we spend another two or three weeks bombing — they’ll have nothing left whatsoever. But you won’t have the strait open for months.”

He added: “If we do the bombing, you know, a lot of people are going to be killed. Who wants to do that? I don’t.”

Mediators, led predominantly by Pakistan, have been trying for weeks to get a deal across the line. However, both Iran and the U.S. have taken hard-line positions.

The U.S. wants to see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, which is believed to be entombed in the aftermath of American airstrikes that happened during the 12-day war in 2025. But Iran is refusing that and demanding relief from sanctions. It also wants the release of frozen assets even before a final agreement is in place, something rejected by Trump.

Before Trump’s comments on negotiations, Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Monday that Trump’s remarks so far on a possible deal “contradicted the agreed-upon sections,” showing that the U.S. is ”neither seeking a ceasefire nor dialogue.”

The continued fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is still a top Iranian priority as well. Lebanon’s army chief, Gen. Rodolphe Haykal, travelled to Pakistan on Tuesday. There, he met Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, who has been a key figure in the Iran-U.S. talks.

Haykal’s visit comes as Lebanon’s government takes an increasingly hard line on Hezbollah but remains unable to disarm the powerful militia. Hezbollah thanked Iran on Tuesday for attacking Israel “in defence of our Lebanese people,” suggesting that Lebanon’s government should take this opportunity to improve relations with Tehran.

Israel issues a warning for Tyre, Lebanon

Meanwhile, the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for Lebanon’s southern port city of Tyre, including the Christian quarter, which has so far been spared from airstrikes on the port city.

Last week, Israel warned the Christian neighbourhoods in Tyre that it believed Hezbollah members were among them. Many Lebanese Shiite Muslims fled to those areas as Israeli strikes hammered the Mediterranean coastal area over the past two weeks.

After last week’s warning, the Lebanese army deployed to the Christian district of Tyre in an effort to prevent Israeli attacks there and to show that Hezbollah has no armed presence in the area. But Avichay Adraee, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, posted on X on Monday that the Israeli military “will have to act against their terrorist activities in the neighbourhood soon.”

Jon Gambrell and Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press

Price reported from New York. Associated Press writers Will Weissert in Washington, Bassem Mroue in Beirut and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.

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#Trump storms out of tense, rain-plagued NBC interview. U.S. President Donald Trump lasted through probing questions about his Iran war strategy and repeated weather disruptions during an interview with U.S. broadcaster NBC -- but angrily stormed out when confronted over his unfounded claims of election fraud.

“You’re a one-sided, crooked network. Sorry. Let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time,” Trump told “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker before standing up and walking out of the interview that aired Sunday.

The interview, filmed Friday, was conducted on a farm in Wisconsin, where Trump was addressing farmers. A tractor and hay bales served as a backdrop.

The interview was interrupted several times by weather and audio issues as torrential rain pounded the roof, making it difficult to continue the conversation.

“Is that wind or what?” Trump asked at one point.

“Hear that sound?” he said later. “That sound of thunder, lightning, rain.”

Welker asked her technical crew if they should stop.

“No. People will understand -- we’re on a farm,” the president replied.

Several questions followed about Iran, nuclear weapons and his campaign pledges to keep the United States out of foreign wars.

“First of all, I didn’t guarantee no war. Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?” he said, then accusing Welker of being “a big liberal, a big progressive.”

“No, I’m just a journalist,” she countered.

Trump went on to say: “I don’t like these endless wars. This is not an endless war. We’ve been doing this for three months.”

The tone escalated again as the discussion turned to Trump’s proposed taxpayer-funded program to compensate people he believes were victims of partisan prosecution under his predecessor, Joe Biden.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen with the weaponization fund,” he said. “I love the idea because people like you, the fake dirty press, the crooked press, people like stupid Biden ... they destroyed people. They sent people to jail who did nothing wrong.”

“There is no evidence for what you’re saying,” Welker said.

Trump reiterated past false claims that the 2020 election was “rigged” and said last week’s primary in California was, too.

Welker held her ground, asking the president to present evidence.

“You are either crooked or you’re stupid,” Trump finally shot back before leaving the camera’s view while Welker attempted to keep him engaged.

On Sunday, Welker told viewers that she had spoken with Trump on Saturday about the weather disruptions and that he had agreed to give her another interview.

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'Fists flying everywhere': A look back at the U20 #World Cup ruckus in Toronto in 2007. Argentina’s 3-0 win over Chile in an ill-tempered semifinal suddenly moved to the back burner.

The more pressing development was a ruckus near the stadium’s main entry area as players on the Chilean team slugged it out with security and police. A member of the Chilean delegation was subdued by a Taser during the bloody brawl.

It didn’t take long for it to become an international incident. Politicians were quick to weigh in, and then-FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the situation left a “black mark” on the tournament.

“International soccer matches are hotly contested and often become very emotional,” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in Haiti at the time, said the next day.

Nearly 20 years later, six FIFA World Cup matches will be played at the same venue. Canada, the U.S., and Mexico will co-host the June 11-July 19 men’s tournament.

BMO Field was just a few months old when it co-hosted the under-20 competition that featured stars like Argentina’s Sergio Aguero, American Michael Bradley and Spain’s Gerard Pique.

On the night of the ruckus, Nathan Denette was outside the stadium with a fellow Canadian Press photographer when yelling was heard near the Chilean team bus.

Denette said that at first, there was a commotion between four or five people that escalated when eight to 10 players came out of the vehicle.

“There’s just fists flying everywhere,” he said that night. “Between the cops, the security guards, a couple of ladies were involved that were security. It looked like a big dogfight.”

Social media was in its infancy at the time. Smartphone use was a small fraction of what it is today.

So reporters’ phones -- for those who had them -- weren’t exactly blowing up as they took in player and coach availabilities around the facility. However, it soon became obvious that a new storyline was developing.

After interviewing the Argentine players, a handful of media members returned indoors when they were told to wait in place.

No other details were provided. Security guards and police officers hovered in the area.

Piercing wails were soon heard down the hall. One reporter said it sounded like a raccoon that had been quilled by a porcupine.

The volume got louder until a visual finally appeared. Handcuffed Chilean players, many with blood and dirt smeared across their chins and uniforms, were being led by police to a nearby locker room.

Tournament officials wearing dark #FIFA suit jackets soon followed. Colin Linford, then president of the Canadian Soccer Association, also approached the door.

He looked aghast as he peered inside the room.

An impromptu news conference was scheduled a short time later. A FIFA spokesperson said the entire situation was under investigation by the federation, local organizers, police and the Chilean delegation.

He said Chilean players were detained by police to de-escalate the situation in front of the stadium, adding that no arrests were made and that all players had been released.

The game was an intense battle between longtime South American soccer rivals.

Chile had two players red-carded and received seven of the nine yellow cards issued. Some 53 foul calls were made.

After the final whistle, several Chilean players tried to get at German referee Wolfgang Stark and the officiating crew before others stepped in to keep them away.

“The players were upset,” Chilean coach Jose Sulantay said via an interpreter. “They’re young players. The red cards affected them.”

The off-field brouhaha made headlines around the world.

The next day, Blatter, Linford and other soccer officials attended a packed news conference at a downtown conference room.

Blatter said he spoke with Toronto Mayor David Miller to “express the regrets of FIFA,” and asked the CSA to deal with the relevant domestic authorities and report back to FIFA.

Chilean official Harold Mayne-Nicholls was also on the dais.

“We apologize (for) the behaviour of the players after the game,” Mayne-Nicholls said. “We are not supporting (that) kind of conduct.”

He added that he witnessed the incident near the bus.

“I personally saw that the police of Toronto did not act as our police (are) used to acting with people that are just playing a football game,” he said. “For us, as the chairman of the football federation from Chile, we cannot accept those kinds of things coming from the police. Our players are 19, 20-year-old kids.

“They were playing football, and they never deserved the treatment they were receiving.”

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said it was “clearly unjustified” how the team was treated.

An internal police investigation, released a couple of weeks later, found officers acted with an immense amount of restraint despite being “punched, kicked (and) spat on,” Toronto police chief Bill Blair said.

Blair added the situation started after an altercation between a spectator and a Chilean player. No charges were laid, and there were no serious injuries.

FIFA later handed Chilean forward Jaime Grondona a nine-month suspension and fine for assaulting match officials during the game. The Chilean Soccer Association was also fined for team misconduct.

It remains unclear whether the planned Canadian Soccer Association investigation into the off-field ruckus was completed. Messages left with the federation and the sport’s governing body were not returned.

Chile went on to beat Austria for the bronze medal. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic for #gold.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 7, 2026.

Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press

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