North Korea has criticised the US’s plan for a futuristic “Golden Dome” missile shield, saying it could “turn outer space into a potential nuclear war field”. The defence system, which President Donald Trump plans to unveil by the end of his term, is aimed at countering “next-generation” aerial threats to the US, including ballistic and…
Iran’s Supreme Leader has expressed doubt that nuclear talks with the US will lead to a new agreement, saying it had made “excessive and outrageous” demands on uranium enrichment. “We don’t think it will lead to any outcome. We don’t know what will happen,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said. US President Donald Trump said last week…
US President Donald Trump says that Iran has “sort of” agreed to the terms of a nuclear deal with the United States. Trump described the latest talks between the two countries, which ended on Sunday, as “very serious negotiations” for “long-term peace”. Earlier, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader told NBC News that Tehran was…
A fourth round of Iran-US talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme has been postponed. The foreign minister of Oman, facilitating negotiations, said Saturday’s talks in Rome were being rescheduled because of logistical reasons, adding that a new date would be set when agreed by all sides. It comes after US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on…
Reuters Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi in Muscat Iran’s foreign minister has arrived in Oman for talks with the United States over Iran’s nuclear programme. Abbas Araghchi told Iranian state television his country wanted a “fair agreement” as delegations from both countries prepare for negotiations. US President Donald…
Donald Trump is a man in a hurry. In the few short months he has been in office, the US president has sought and failed to bring peace to Gaza and Ukraine. He has bombed Yemen. He has launched a global trade war. Now he is turning his attention, such that it is, to Iran….
The US and Iran are holding “direct talks” over a possible nuclear deal on Saturday, Donald Trump has said. Discussions between Washington and Tehran will be at a “very high level”, the US president said on Monday, before warning it would be a “very bad day for Iran” if no agreement was reached. Last month,…
Getty Images Bill Ackman switched allegiance to Trump before the 2024 presidential election A billionaire backer of Donald Trump has urged the US president to pause his recently announced trade tariffs, or risk “a self-induced, economic nuclear winter”. Amid market turmoil, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said the president should take three months to allow…
Jeremy Bowen International editor BBC The president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, has repeated his call for the US to base nuclear weapons on Polish soil. In the presidential palace in Warsaw, he told me that it would make Poland stronger and safer, as it faces Russia. Viewed from Poland, President Putin’s Russia is a clear…
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected the idea of negotiations with the US over its nuclear programme, as Tehran confirmed receiving a letter from President Donald Trump. Last week, Trump said the letter proposed talks on a deal that would prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and avert possible military action. Although Khamenei said…
