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David Edwards

Iran has reportedly suspended nuclear negotiations with the United States, citing Israel's ongoing military assault on Lebanon — a dramatic diplomatic rupture that arrived just hours after President Donald Trump told critics to "sit back and relax" and let him handle it.

Tehran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported the suspension Monday, saying the Iranian negotiating team was halting "talks and exchanges of texts through mediators." The reason: Israel's continued strikes on Lebanon, which Iran had set as a precondition for any ceasefire deal.

"Until Iran's and the resistance's position on these matters is satisfied, there will be no negotiations," Tasnim reported, adding that Tehran and allied militant groups have placed the "complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz" back on the table.
Story by Will Neal

Iranian strikes have caused greater damage to U.S. military assets in the Middle East than the Trump administration is willing to admit.

Analysis by the BBC, published Monday, reveals that attacks by the Islamic Republic have cost millions of dollars in damage to at least 20, and possibly as many as 28, American military sites across eight countries in the region since Donald Trump launched his war on Iran at the end of February.

Trump has repeatedly claimed that U.S. forces have “destroyed,” “obliterated,” and “shattered” the regime’s military capabilities. The Pentagon has meanwhile tried to limit assessments of the impact on U.S. assets by pressuring Planet, a major satellite-imaging provider, to restrict public access to new images of the region.

The BBC says it was still able to carry out its analysis by using “satellite imagery from other international providers combined with older images from Planet to track the damage caused by Iranian attacks.” Pentagon officials declined to respond to the findings, for “operational security reasons.”

The broadcaster lists “three state-of-the-art anti-ballistic missile batteries systems” in Jordan and the UAE among the U.S. assets that Iran has targeted over the past several months.
By  JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA

LONDON (AP) — Peter Mandelson assured the British government it would “never regret” appointing him as U.K. ambassador to the United States, according to documents released on Monday. His pledge was dramatically proven wrong within months.

More than 1,500 pages of files relating to the appointment of Mandelson, a friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as envoy to Washington at the start of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term were released by the government to comply with a demand by lawmakers.

They shed new light on the contentious decision and heap more embarrassment on beleaguered Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Among the documents is a note from Mandelson to then Foreign Secretary David Lammy in November 2024, before his appointment, pledging that the government would “never regret” giving him the post.
John Sudworth,Beirut, Samantha Granville, Beirut and David Gritten

Israel's prime minister has ordered attacks on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, as its conflict with the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah escalates.

Benjamin Netanyahu said "terror targets" in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh would be struck in response to its rocket and drone attacks on Israeli civilians and other violations of a ceasefire announced in April that has failed to end the fighting.

Soon afterwards, there were traffic jams on roads out of the suburbs as thousands tried to flee to safety.

The conflict also poses a major obstacle to US efforts to forge a deal to end its war with Iran, with Tehran insisting that any ceasefire must include Lebanon.

The US has tried to separate events in Lebanon from the negotiations, but a US official said on Sunday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had proposed a plan for "gradual de-escalation" there to Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.
By Emanuel Fabian

IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin says the military has killed “nearly a third” of Hezbollah’s forces amid the multi-front war of recent years.

“We are striking with great intensity at all times. Our troops are operating in the forward defense line area and eliminating dozens of terrorists every week,” he says in a video statement from the Northern Command.
Lebanon’s government has long wanted the powerful militia to give up its weapons. Before the Iran war began, there were signs of progress toward that goal.
By Abdi Latif Dahir and Aaron Boxerman

Early this year, Lebanon’s leaders seemed to be edging toward one of their most elusive goals: disarming Hezbollah, the powerful Iran-backed militia that has long operated as a state within a state.

That effort — tentative and incremental from the start — has now stalled.

After more than a year of largely holding its fire, despite Israeli strikes from across the border, Hezbollah re-emerged as a major combatant. In March, after the United States and Israel began the war with Iran, Hezbollah began cross-border attacks on Israel in solidarity with its patron, and it has killed several Israeli soldiers.

Now, Lebanon is trapped in a familiar position. Israel has intensified its military campaign against Hezbollah, making the group even less likely to disarm. And Lebanon’s government, wary of Hezbollah’s enduring strength and haunted by memories of civil war, has recoiled from the idea of forcibly seizing its arsenal, despite Western pressure to do so.
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI

BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers in Laos searched Monday for an alternative passage into a flooded cave where two people are believed to have been trapped for nearly two weeks after heavy rainfall flooded the main entrance, making it impassable.

The two people remain unaccounted for since a search and rescue operation began last month in a rugged area of Xaisomboun province, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of the capital, Vientiane. Five of the seven people initially trapped inside the cave have been rescued.

Malaysian diver Lee Kian Lie, who is involved in the operation, said workers were pumping water out of the cave.

“We will go into the suspected area to continue the search if the water level is lowered,” he told The Associated Press.

Another team of rescuers is also looking around the other side of the cave in hopes of finding a dry passage that could provide access to the area where the missing people are believed to be trapped, he said.
Jaroslav Lukiv

Iran has warned that Israeli attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon could threaten Tehran's ceasefire with the US, after Israel's prime minister ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the agreement with the US was "unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon" and that "its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts".

Earlier Benjamin Netanyahu said "terror targets" in Dahieh would be struck in response to Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on Israeli civilians and other violations of a ceasefire announced in April that has failed to end the fighting.

Separately, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported that Tehran could suspend indirect negotiations with the US.

The news agency - which is affiliated with Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - also said Iran and its allies would "activate other fronts, including the Bab al-Mandab Strait" at the entrance of the Red Sea.
Kevin Breuninger

U.S. Central Command on Monday said Iran fired two ballistic missiles overnight targeting American forces stationed in Kuwait, the latest in a series of attacks that further undermine a threadbare ceasefire.

The missiles fired Sunday night at 11 p.m. ET were successfully intercepted and no U.S. personnel were harmed, CENTCOM said in an X post.

“U.S. Central Command remains vigilant and will continue to protect our forces from Iranian aggression while supporting the ongoing ceasefire,” the post said.
Story by Jake Conley

Oil prices surged on Monday after news that Iran has reportedly stopped exchanging messages with US negotiators over the ongoing Israeli front in Lebanon, throwing into question dealmaking that President Trump had suggested was close at hand.

Futures on Brent crude (BZ=F), the international benchmark, jumped by as much as 7.1% to trade above $97.50 per barrel, while those on US benchmark WTI crude (CL=F) gained as much as 8.3% to trade above $94.50 per barrel.

Headlines on Monday from the state-controlled Iranian news agency Tasnim that Iran had with the US sent oil surging while equities and bonds fell on what appears to be a major breakdown in negotiations.

Iranian leaders reportedly attributed their decision to the Israeli military campaign in Lebanon against Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terrorist proxy force. While the US has maintained that the ceasefire in place applies only to Washington and Tehran, Iran has repeatedly said any ceasefire agreement — and any negotiations — were contingent on a stoppage of fighting in Lebanon.

Since the US and Israel began airstrikes against Iran in late February, Israel has waged a secondary campaign against Hezbollah, which has displaced thousands of people inside Lebanon.
Story by Ereine Marie Aspera

New reports claim Buckingham Palace was handed a massive archive of emails years ago that may have raised concerns about ex-Prince Andrew's activities while serving as a government trade envoy.

According to a BBC report published on Saturday, May 30, an archive containing more than 30,000 emails was delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, the most senior official in the royal household, in 2020. Court documents reviewed by the news outlet reportedly indicate that the collection included details of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's financial dealings.

As OK! previously reported, Andrew has faced allegations that he shared private travel documents with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as the United Kingdom's trade envoy during the early 2010s. The former prince's friendship with the convicted s-- offender dates back to the late 1990s.
Story by Matthew Field

Sir Sadiq Khan has accused Donald Trump’s Maga supporters and Russia of spreading misinformation about London on social media.

The Mayor of London, who has frequently clashed with the US president, said people were using the algorithms on social media to portray Britain’s capital as lawless.

He said “China, Russia or Maga influencers” were unhappy about London because it was “progressive, liberal, diverse”.

Speaking at the SXSW culture festival, he said: “We’re not perfect, but we are the greatest city in the world in terms of culture, tourism, music.”

Social media apps, including Elon Musk’s X, have seen a surge of videos portraying London as being plagued by violence against women and knife crime.
Story by Diccon Hyatt

The Iran war’s disruptions to crude oil supplies are about to cause major problems—or maybe the U.S. economy can pretty much shrug it off. With the global energy market entering uncharted territory, the answer depends on whom you ask.

A pair of analyses released on Friday reached opposite conclusions about the risk the U.S. economy faces from the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The crucial waterway between Iran and Oman is the route through which 20% of the world’s oil supply usually flows to global markets from the Persian Gulf.

This question became even more salient on Monday after Iranian officials said they had withdrawn from peace negotiations and vowed to “completely block” the strait, according to Iranian state media and reported by CNBC. The news jolted oil prices up 7% on Monday morning.

Forecasters at Goldman Sachs said the U.S. economy would be relatively unscathed even if the strait never reopens. Meanwhile, HFI Research, a self-described “contrarian” investment research firm, said energy markets were about to hit a wall and risked gasoline shortages in the coming months.
Story by Imogen Garfinkel

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had targeted a US base after the US struck Iranian military sites at the weekend, the latest exchange of attacks amid negotiations to end the three-month-old war.

It came as Donald Trump declared that the Islamic Republic 'really wants to make a deal' and told his critics to 'sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end - It always does!'

The US and Iran have sporadically exchanged strikes since their ceasefire took effect in early April as diplomacy aimed at a more durable agreement drags on.

A similar exchange occurred last Thursday and was described in near-identical terms by both sides.

The weekend US strikes on Iran's Gulf coast were in response to 'aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a US MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters,' the US Central Command said in a post on X.
Story by Cian Etherington

CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS ISSUED
Donald Trump and Iran have issued contradictory statements on the ongoing war amid the issuing of a chilling warning by the regime. It comes just days after the sharing of a potential peace deal was shared by the US leader with allies after it was 'largely negotiated' by the feuding nations. It has been 95 days since the fighting in the Middle East began, resulting in the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, as well as several major political names within the regime.

REGIME ACKNOWLEDGES POINTS
Reports late last week suggested that Iran had acknowledged several points of the new agreement with the US but stated that signing a deal was not imminent. Officials also pointed out that there were no concessions on the 'nuclear issue', a stance the President has remained steadfast in. The regime tempered expectations, arguing that 'frequent changes' and contradictions by the US side present 'problems and obstacles' as final details are haggled over.

TALKS CONTINUE AT 'RAPID PACE'
Now, the President has confirmed that indirect talks with Iran are continuing at a 'rapid pace', hours after the Iranian news outlet linked to the Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed the regime was suspending talks and opening 'other fronts' in the war. The move comes in response to what it said were ceasefire violations by both Israel and the US, according to CBS News.
Story by Randy DeSoto

Reports of an explosive call on Monday between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the latter's military campaign in Lebanon blew up the narrative that Israel is running U.S. foreign policy.

That's the critique of Trump's decision to go to war with Iran, right? "America is doing Israel's bidding... blah, blah, blah."

Trump himself dispelled this notion with a Truth Social post in April, writing, "Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did."

On Oct. 7, 2023, Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists invaded Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing approximately 1,200 Israelis and taking 251 hostages.

Axios reported on Monday that Iran threatened to pull out of peace talks with the U.S. if Israel continued its push against Tehran proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon with plans to strike Beirut.

"One U.S. official said Trump told Netanyahu that following through on his threats to bomb the Lebanese capital would further isolate Israel around the world," the outlet reported.
Story by Elizabeth Schulze, Isabella Murray

The Trump administration is proposing a broad new set of tariffs on dozens of key trading partners, including the European Union, China, Mexico and Canada -- an aggressive move to rebuild the president's signature economic policy after many of his tariffs were struck down by the Supreme Court.

The announcement came in a report released late Tuesday by the office of U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer invoking Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.

The report accused 60 trading partners of failing to enact or enforce laws around "forced labor," using that as a justification to impose tariffs of up to 12.5%. The tariffs target 99% of imports to the United States, the report said.

Trump admin sent $20.6B in tariff refunds so far: Court filing
Under the proposal, countries including China, the United Kingdom, Japan and Brazil would face additional tariffs up to 12.5%. Mexico, Canada, and the European Union would face additional 10% tariffs.

These new tariffs are not yet in effect. The USTR said it will hold a public hearing on the proposed actions on July 7, 2026.
Story by India Today World Desk

The Iranian navy has targeted a US military vessel in the Sea of Oman, according to state media as tensions between Tehran and Washington continue to escalate.

According to Iran's Tasnim news agency, the vessel was hosting a "command and control centre" and was approaching Iranian territorial waters when it was targeted.
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