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Iran says US offered no tangible concessions in nuclear talks response

Iran says US offered no tangible concessions in nuclear talks response

Iranian media say the US demanded Iran surrender enriched uranium and limit its nuclear sites, while offering nothing in return.

Asia
India scrambles to steady rupee as oil shock bites

India scrambles to steady rupee as oil shock bites

India's rupee has hit a record low of 96 to the dollar as Middle East conflict drives an oil shock, foreign outflows and a widening current account deficit

Europe
Wes Streeting confirms he will run to replace Keir Starmer as new UK PM

Wes Streeting confirms he will run to replace Keir Starmer as new UK PM

Former UK health secretary Wes Streeting confirms he will run for the Labour leadership after resigning from Starmer's cabinet over the party's election collapse

Middle East
Iran allows more ships through Strait of Hormuz as IRGC sets new protocols

Iran allows more ships through Strait of Hormuz as IRGC sets new protocols

Iran's Revolutionary Guards are allowing more ships through the Strait of Hormuz after blocking the waterway following US-Israeli strikes.

North America
Trump's geopolitical brinkmanship has hit a wall with Iran

Trump's geopolitical brinkmanship has hit a wall with Iran

Trump's coercive diplomacy has worked elsewhere, but analysts say his maximalist demands and inflammatory rhetoric are making an Iran deal harder to reach