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US President Donald Trump met with his top security advisers yesterday to discuss an Iranian proposal that would reportedly re-open the Strait of Hormuz as broader negotiations over the war continue, the White House said. When asked about the reported plan — which would see both Iran and the US lift their blockades ahead of further talks on the thorny issue of Tehran’s nuclear programme — spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told a White House briefing that “the proposal was being discussed.” “Only because it’s been reported, I will confirm the president has met with his national security team this morning,” she said, refusing to say if Trump would accept the proposal.Secretary of State Marco Rubio meanwhile said Iran’s stance on the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which a fifth of global oil and liquid natural gas normally transits, did not meet US demands. “If what they mean by opening the straits is, ‘yes, the straits are open as long as you co-ordinate with Iran, get our permission or we’ll blow you up and you pay us,’ that’s not opening the straits,” Rubio said in a Fox News interview. “They cannot normalise — nor can we tolerate them trying to normalise — a system in which the Iranians decide who gets to use an international waterway, and how much you have to pay them to use it,” he said. US outlet Axios had earlier reported that Trump would meet with his national security team to discuss an offer by Iran on re-opening the strait and postponing nuclear negotiations to a later stage.ABC News, citing two anonymous US officials, meanwhile reported that the deal fell short of Washington’s red lines.Leavitt told reporters that “the president’s red lines with respect to Iran have been made very, very clear, not just to the American public, but also to them as well.” Source link
Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of 69 people over what the country described as sympathy with Iran’s hostile acts and collaboration with foreign entities, the kingdom’s interior ministry said in a statement. The ministry said that the 69 people including family members of accused individuals were all of non-Bahraini origin.“The Bahraini nationality has been revoked from those individuals for glorifying or sympathising with the hostile Iranian acts, or engaging in contacts with external parties,” the ministry said. It said the revocations had been carried out in accordance with royal directives from King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa and were based on Article 10/3 of the Bahraini Nationality Law. The article provides for the revocation of citizenship in cases of “causing harm to the interests of the kingdom or acting in a manner that contradicts the duty of loyalty to it.”The interior ministry said the competent authorities were “continuing to study and review” who deserves Bahraini citizenship. Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, Advocacy Director at the Britain-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), condemned the move, calling it “the beginning of a dangerous era of repression” and saying the decisions were “imposed without legal safeguards or any right of appeal.” BIRD said it was the first such revocation of citizenship in Bahrain since 2019. Between 2012 and 2019, Bahrain revoked the citizenship of at least 990 nationals, the group said. Iran fired at targets in Bahrain and other Gulf Arab states where the US has military bases after it was attacked on February 28. Bahrain’s National Communication Centre did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reuters) Source link
Bangladesh will request their matches at next month’s T20 World Cup be played in Sri Lanka, after India forced a Bangladeshi player to quit the Indian Premier League.”We will not accept any insult to Bangladeshi cricket, cricketers and Bangladesh under any circumstances,” said Asif Nazrul, Youth and Sports Adviser in the interim government, in a statement carried by the state-run BSS news agency Sunday.Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman was on Saturday released by the Kolkata Knight Riders after the IPL team were “advised” by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to do so, following tensions between the neighbouring nations.”I have also instructed the board to request that Bangladesh’s World Cup matches should be held in Sri Lanka.” The T20 World Cup begins on February 7, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. Bangladesh are scheduled to play their four group matches in India. Pakistan will play all their matches in Sri Lanka, part of a deal that allows both India and Pakistan to play at neutral venues in multi-nation tournaments.On Friday, the BCB announced that India would go to Bangladesh for six white-ball matches in September. Bangladesh will hold its first elections since the uprising on February 12. Source link
US President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States will “run” Venezuela and tap its huge oil reserves after snatching leftist leader Nicolas Maduro out of the country during a bombing raid on Caracas.Trump’s announcement came hours after a lightning attack in which special forces grabbed Maduro and his wife, while airstrikes pounded multiple sites, stunning the capital city.Trump did not go into detail what he meant but told a press conference in Florida: “We’re going to be running it with a group.””We’re designating people,” he said, mentioning that cabinet officials standing with him would be in charge.In another surprise, Trump indicated that US troops could be deployed in Venezuela.The US is “not afraid of boots on the ground,” he said. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President…
Italian singer and songwriter Laura Pausini will be among the headline performers at the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, organisers said .Pausini, one of Italy’s most internationally acclaimed artists, is credited with helping to bring the country’s music to a global audience.She has won a Grammy, five Latin Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe and earned an Oscar nomination during a career spanning more than three decades.The Milano Cortina Games opening ceremony will take place on February 6 at Milan’s San Siro Stadium.Created and produced by Balich Wonder Studio, the event will feature performances by international artists like American pop superstar Mariah Carey alongside elements celebrating Italian culture and innovation.Pausini “embodies the concept of Harmony”, the central theme of the ceremony, and her music represents a meeting point between tradition and modernity, between Italian roots and an international outlook, organisers said in a statement.The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will be staged across northern Italy, with events hosted in Milan, Cortina d’Ampezzo and other venues in Lombardy, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige.The Games will run from February 6 to 22. Source link
A makeshift memorial outside Le Constellation in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana, southwestern Switzerland. – Reuters Two people who ran a Swiss club that burst into flames during a New Year’s Eve party, killing 40, have been placed under criminal investigation on suspicion of offences including homicide by negligence, prosecutors said Saturday.Two days after the fire, in which 119 people suffered injuries including severe burns, officials were still trying to identify many of those killed and attention turned to how one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies could have occurred.The club’s two operators are suspected of offences including homicide by negligence, causing bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence, prosecutors in Valais, the canton that is home to the club in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana, said in a statement, without naming them.…
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