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US and Iranian officials will hold talks in Qatar tomorrow, President Donald Trump said on social media, the latest sign that tensions are easing after the two sides traded strikes over the weekend.Four officials familiar with the negotiations said the talks were not expected to involve senior political figures such as Vice President JD Vance, who led the previous round in Switzerland a week ago. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy.Iran did not confirm that the talks would go ahead this week, but said consultations were continuing with Qatar, which has been one of the main mediators between Washington and Tehran.The discussions come as doubts persist over whether the two countries can reach a lasting agreement to end the war. The truce signed this month largely deferred the most sensitive issues, including Iran’s nuclear programme, to a later stage.The two sides have launched a series of attacks against each other in recent days, casting a pall over Trump’s hopes that commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz — a vital conduit for global oil and gas that Iran blockaded during the conflict — would soon return to pre-war levels.On Sunday a US official said the two countries had agreed to halt the attacks and allow vessels to move freely through the waterway. The official, who also spoke anonymously, gave no indication of confirmation from Tehran.US officials said Iran attacked a cargo ship in the strait last Thursday and another vessel on Saturday, prompting retaliatory American strikes. The Iranian military later said it had targeted a US naval base in Bahrain and a Kuwaiti air base with drones and missiles in response. Source link
The US is demanding Iran provide ‘precise’ information on its enriched uranium stockpile and give the UN nuclear agency access ‘without delay’, according to a draft resolution seen by AFP Monday.The draft resolution is expected to be submitted for a vote this week to the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that started meeting Monday.Last week, the IAEA in a confidential report reiterated that the lack of access to nuclear sites in Iran constituted a ‘proliferation concern’.The draft resolution affirms that it is ‘essential and urgent’ that Iran ‘without delay’ provides the agency with ‘precise information on nuclear material accountancy and safeguarded nuclear facilities in Iran’.Tehran must also ‘grant the agency all access it requires to verify this information’, it adds.To be passed, the draft resolution needs to be submitted and approved by the 35-member IAEA board of governors.In a press conference after opening the board of governors' meeting, IAEA head Rafael Grossi said he had ‘sporadic contacts with the foreign minister (of Iran) and others, but basically the channel of communication is broken’.’Of course, when you have active shelling or bombing, inspections are not possible, but there are many things that can be done. And the important thing is this dialogue,’ he said.The IAEA has not had access to some key nuclear facilities in Iran since Israel, joined by the US, launched a 12-day conflict in June 2025 that included strikes on nuclear sites.Nuclear facilities have also been hit in the latest war, which erupted on February 28. The IAEA has repeatedly urged access.Prior to US strikes in June 2025, the IAEA calculated that Iran possessed approximately 440 kilogrammes (970 pounds) of uranium enriched to 60 %.This is close to the 90 % needed to make a bomb and well above the 3.67-percent limit set by a now-defunct 2015 agreement with Iran.The fate of this stockpile is uncertain.Israel and the US have long accused Iran of wanting to build a nuclear weapon.Tehran has repeatedly denied having any military ambitions, insisting on its right to the technology for civilian purposes.On Saturday, Iran denounced as a ‘tool of political pressure’ the report by the IAEA expressing concern over its lack of access to Iranian nuclear sites. Source link
Neymar is “recovering well” from the calf injury that has made him a doubt for the start of Brazil’s World Cup campaign, the team said in a statement on Monday. Brazil’s all-time record scorer underwent an MRI scan on Monday which showed he is “making good progress in his treatment” amid hopes that he will be able to play a part for Carlo Ancelotti’s side in the United States. “He will continue to follow the recovery schedule and fitness programme as planned by the Brazil team medical staff,” the Brazilian Football Confederation said. Neymar was diagnosed with a calf injury late last month and has since been in a race to recover fitness for the tournament, with Brazil kicking off their campaign against Morocco in New Jersey on Saturday. Now 34, the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain superstar has been an integral part of Brazil’s last three World Cup campaigns but there was some surprise at his inclusion this time as injuries have prevented him from playing for his country at all since 2023. Coach Carlo Ancelotti insisted last week that the player, now with Santos, would be ready for either Brazil’s first or second game and added that he was “in no rush” to bring him back. Related Story Source link
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's party won parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results Monday that signalled a victory endorsing the nation's pro-Western shift after threats from Moscow and claims of Russian interference.Pashinyan's push to move Armenia out of the orbit of its former imperial ruler has angered the Kremlin — which claimed the West swayed the result and authorities had pressured the opposition.Pashinyan claimed a ‘historic victory’ in the election that came after years of turmoil since he was swept to power in a 2018 street revolution.The small Caucasus country is still haunted by Azerbaijan's 2023 military takeover of the Karabakh region, which ended decades of territorial conflict and prompted the exodus of the enclave's 100,000-strong ethnic Armenian population.Pashinyan framed the vote as a choice between lasting peace with Azerbaijan and a return to war.His ruling Civil Contract party secured 49.8 % of the vote, comfortably ahead of the 23.3 % of Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia alliance, the Central Election Commission said. The turnout was 59 %.In Yerevan, voters greeted Pashinyan's victory with a mix of relief, hope and unease — some seeing it as a mandate for peace, others warning that Armenia's future remained uncertain.’I am very glad that our people trusted Pashinyan again. What did some people think, that the people would go and elect those corrupt Russian puppets?’ 58-year-old welder Aram Mnatsakanyan told AFP.Sargis Harutyunyan, 81, said he feared post-election unrest, warning that opposition street protests ‘would not be the right thing in this geopolitical situation’.European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Pashinyan on his win, telling him: ‘Armenia can count on us.”The spirit of the Velvet Revolution you led in 2018 is alive and well,’ she said on social media.French President Emmanuel Macron said the result would boost ‘momentum toward closer ties with Europe’.Pashinyan has drifted from Moscow since 2023, with Armenia criticising Russia not coming to its aid when Azerbaijan recaptured Karabakh.He froze participation in a Russia-led security bloc, signed a strategic partnership agreement with Washington, and set Armenia on a path toward possible EU membership.Moscow has in recent weeks escalated its rhetoric.In a pointed warning, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in May: ‘We all see what is happening with Ukraine now… How did it all begin? With Ukraine's attempt to join the EU.’In the weeks before the vote, Russia banned the import of several Armenian products.The Kremlin was widely accused of online misinformation, hacking and pumping out Kremlin-friendly narratives portraying Western cooperation as dangerous.The Russian foreign ministry blasted the vote, alleging it was marked by ‘Western interference’ and ‘unprecedented pressure’ on the opposition.It said the results showed Armenian society was divided and that Pashinyan's support was declining.International monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said ‘elections offered voters a genuine choice among political alternatives in a well-run process’.’Direct pressure from abroad, in the form of escalating (Russian) trade restrictions and security threats were observed during the campaign, aimed at unduly influencing voters in favour of the opposition,’ they said in a statement.’The concentration of arrests and criminal prosecutions against opposition figures contributed to perceptions of selective justice,’ they added.Armenia's Investigative Committee said it had opened 59 criminal cases over alleged electoral violations — including people casting multiple ballots — and detained nine people.Pashinyan's opponent Karapetyan — under house arrest on charges he alleges are politically motivated — called the elections ‘shameful’, denouncing alleged violations and saying dozens of his campaign staff had been arrested.Critics accuse Pashinyan of using the courts, police and administrative resources to pressure opponents.Analyst Armen Badalyan said the result means Pashinyan's party ‘won enough seats in the new parliament to form the country's next cabinet’.’But it fell short of the supermajority needed to pass constitutional amendments’ demanded by Azerbaijan as a condition for a final peace treaty.Pashinyan hailed a ‘historic victory’ and pledged to follow a balanced foreign policy, saying Armenia would ‘continue the course of rapprochement with the West’ while also deepening Russia ties.’I hope this will draw a positive response from Turkey and Azerbaijan,’ he said.’We need to institutionalise peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.’ Source link
Simon Stiell addressed the opening of the UN June Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany – an important step ahead of the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Turkiye this November. “Tackling the…
