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Trump says talks on Iran war will begin Monday after he holds off on 'massive' strikesCAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said new talks to wind down the war in Iran will start Monday, after announcing he is holding off on new massive strikes he had threatened to unleash on the country. The talks will seek to end the conflict and revive stalled cargo traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway through which about a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed before the war. Iranian state media quoted the country’s foreign ministry as saying Tehran was not currently holding negotiations with the United States. Elsewhere, Israel struck the Gaza Strip over the weekend, days after the U.S.Russia blasts southern Ukrainian city with glide bombs while Ukrainian drones reporte