Trump open to talks with Iran as conflict deepens in Middle East

US president signals willingness to engage with Tehran’s surviving leadership as strikes and retaliatory attacks intensify across regionDonald Trump said on Sunday he was prepared to talk to what was left of the Iranian leadership in the wake of the killing of the country’s supreme leader by US-Israeli air strikes aimed at overthrowing the regime.Trump was speaking as a second day of intense bombing of Iranian cities and Tehran’s missile counter-attacks sent tremors across the region and through the global economy.