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Middle East crisis live: US claims blockade has ‘completely halted economic trade’ into Iran, as Trump hints at return to talks in Pakistan
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Hopes of a peace deal in the Middle East are pushing markets higher, helping equities to recover their losses since the Iran war began.
The US stock market is closing on a record high, after the S&P 500 share index recovered all its losses since the conflict began at the end of February.
