President Trump said the war with Iran would be put away very soon, according to CBS News live updates, which reported that he predicted the conflict is "going to end soon" without offering any details. The network said the prediction came as Qatari mediators returned to Tehran to push for a deal.
CBS News did not describe the terms under discussion in the summary available for this report, and it did not say what either government has proposed.
The Hill reported separately that mediators were pushing the United States and Iran to reach a deal to end the war in the Middle East. The Hill said President Trump was weighing military strikes as early as this week, and it linked to its full report at The Hill's coverage of Trump's strike deliberations.
According to The Hill, Trump has predicted the war will quickly draw to a conclusion after the midterm elections on Tuesday, though he has been ambiguous about how that will happen. The outlet's summary did not say whether any strikes have been ordered.
The two accounts differ in emphasis. CBS News described Trump's prediction as coming without details, while The Hill focused on the timing of the midterms and on the strike options still under consideration. Both reports describe a situation in which Trump has said the war will end but has not laid out how that would happen.
Because the reporting available here consists of short summaries, the particulars of the negotiations, including the terms being discussed and the form any ending might take, are not described in either account. Neither CBS News nor The Hill named the mediators in the summaries reviewed for this story.
Sources: CBS News: Trump says Iran war will be put away very soon, "one way or the other"; The Hill: Trump mulls Iran strikes after midterms, as mediators push for peace deal.