EPA Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave a speech to mark the anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Islamic Republic’s founder Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticised the US proposal for a new nuclear agreement, insisting it will not stop enriching uranium. Iranian negotiators are set to respond in the coming days...
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...
Extinction Rebellion and other climate organizations on Saturday held a funeral for the Paris agreement’s 1.5ºC temperature target in Cambridge, England. “The mock funeral idea grew out of the need to process the enormity and sadness of this moment,” Alex Martin of Extinction Rebellion (XR) Cambridge said in a statement. “While many people are distracted...
The key diplomatic win here is that it leaves the UK open to do a full EU deal on, for example, food standards. Economically this US deal is relatively small, although important to very specific sectors. It rolls back on some of the trade damage done by Trump’s original announcement, in particular to the car...
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...
Esme Stallard Climate and science reporter Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images Countries have agreed a global deal to tackle shipping emissions, after nearly ten years of negotiations. The agreement covers the vast majority of the world’s commercial shipping and means that starting in 2028, ship owners will have to use increasingly cleaner fuels or face fines. The deal...