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Good morning and happy Father’s Day to all the dads and father figures. Welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. In today’s edition: President Donald Trump tries to blame Reflecting Pool woes on vandalism; Brexit still divides Britain and casts a pall over its economy ten years later; and yogis around the world celebrate International Yoga Day.

But first, U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets top Iranian officials as the U.S. looks to get negotiations back on track.

UP FIRST

From left, US Vice President JD Vance, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani meeting at a mountainside resort in Obbuergen, Switzerland, on Sunday. (Urs Flueeler, Pool Photo via AP)

Vance meets top Iranian officials as US looks to get negotiations back on track

U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Sunday is meeting with top Iranian officials as the White House looks to build out the interim deal to end the war in Iran reached by the two sides last week. The U.S. is looking to get Iran locked into negotiations over its nuclear program. But the on-again, off-again conflict in Lebanon, between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants, continues to threaten to derail the effort for the U.S. to win concessions from Tehran on its nuclear program and keep the Strait of Hormuz open. Read more.

TOP STORIES

Trump tries to blame Reflecting Pool woes on vandalism, without offering substantiation

President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he said were vandalizing the Reflecting Pool as he struggled to explain why the $14-million-plus rehabilitation project he launched for the nation’s 250th anniversary seemingly backfired. He offered no details to substantiate his claim and agencies responsible for law enforcement and upkeep on the National Mall did not respond to requests for comment. Read more.

Ten years on, Brexit still divides Britain and casts a pall over its economy

Ten years ago, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in a referendum that forges political identities to this day and that shattered a half-century project to get closer to the continent. Brexit, short for British exit, became a reality on June 23, 2016, when 52% — or more than 17 million people — voted to leave the EU. Though the margin was narrow, the vote led to the most dramatic shake-up of the U.K. economy and society since World War II. Read more.