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European diplomats urge Iran to continue US nuclear talks in first face-to-face since strikes started
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Diplomats from Britain, France, Germany and the European Union met with Iran’s foreign minister on Friday, urging the country to continue diplomacy with the U.S. one week after stalled nuclear talks escalated into attacks between Iran and Israel.
«We are keen to continue ongoing discussions and negotiations with Iran, and we urge Iran to continue their talks with the United States,» British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said. «We were clear: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.»
The meeting, held in Geneva, Switzerland, was the first face-to-face with an Iranian leader since last weekend’s flashpoint.
«The good result today is that we leave the room with the impression that the Iranian side is fundamentally ready to continue talking about all important issues,» German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said. He said the two sides had held «very serious talks.»
IRAN TALKS WITH EUROPEANS SET FOR FRIDAY; WHITE HOUSE SEES ‘SUBSTANTIAL CHANCE’ FOR RENEWED NEGOTIATIONS
France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot, from left, Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, pose for photographs in the offices of the honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Geneva, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Fabrice Coffrini/Keystone via AP) (Fabrice Coffrini/Keystone via AP)
The meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi lasted for more than three hours.
«Military operations can slow Iran’s nuclear program but in no way can they eliminate it,» French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said. «We know well — after having seen what happened in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Libya — how illusory and dangerous it is to want to impose regime change from outside.»
In a joint statement, France, the U.K., Germany and the E.U. said they shared their «grave concerns» with Araghchi «with regard to the escalation of tensions in the Middle East and reiterated their firm commitment to Israel’s security,» adding that «all sides should refrain from taking steps which lead to further escalation in the region, and urgently find a negotiated solution to ensure that Iran never obtains or acquires a nuclear weapon.»
Early last Friday, Israel launched airstrikes against Iranian nuclear sites after nuclear talks seemed to stall, causing Iran to retaliate. The two countries continue to trade strikes.
The European leaders were speaking with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared soon afterward that the strikes were necessary to «roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival.»
The meeting also comes less than a month after a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency warned the country is swiftly increasing its stockpile of near weapons-grade enriched uranium.
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On Friday, the European diplomats «reiterated their longstanding concerns about Iran’s expansion of its nuclear programme, which has no credible civilian purpose, in violation of almost all JCPoA provisions.»
They added that they «discussed avenues towards a negotiated solution to Iran’s nuclear programme, while emphasising the urgency of the matter. They expressed their willingness to continue discussing all questions relevant to Iran’s nuclear programme and broader issues,» urging Iran to cooperate with the IAEA.
Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump said he may consider a U.S. strike on Iran.
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
«Yes, I may do it. I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do. I can tell you this that Iran’s got a lot of trouble, and they want to negotiate,» Trump told reporters Wednesday on the U.S. potentially striking Iran as it continues trading deadly strikes with Israel. «And I said, why didn’t you negotiate with me before all this death and destruction? Why didn’t you go? I said to people, why didn’t you negotiate with me two weeks ago? You could have done fine. You would have had a country. It’s very sad to watch this.»
Trump on Friday told reporters the U.S. is «willing and able» to talk to Iran, adding that Iran doesn’t want to talk to Europe. «They want to speak to us. Europe is not going to help,» he said.
He added that while he was against the war in Iraq in 2003 because he didn’t believe there were weapons on mass destruction, he believes Iran is building a nuclear weapon, saying that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is «wrong» in saying there isn’t enough evidence to conclude that.
«The material that they’ve gathered already. It’s a tremendous amount of material. And I think within a matter of weeks, or certainly within a matter of months, they are going to be able to have a nuclear weapon,» he said. «We can’t let that happen.»
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On Friday, the U.K., France, Germany and EU diplomats, said they also «shared their support for discussions to continue» with Iran and «welcomed ongoing US efforts to seek a negotiated solution. They expressed their willingness to meet again in the future.»
Fox News’ Emma Colton and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Steve Witkoff viajará a Moscú para volver a reunirse con Putin tras las conversaciones con Ucrania en Florida
El enviado especial de Estados Unidos, Steve Witkoff, viajará a Moscú el lunes, dijo una fuente oficial, en momentos en que Washington presiona para terminar la guerra de Rusia contra Ucrania.
La noticia de la visita de Witkoff a Rusia para conversaciones previstas con el presidente Vladimir Putin el martes llega tras negociaciones este domingo entre altos funcionarios de la administración de Trump y una delegación ucraniana en Florida.
Por su parte, el secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, reconoció avances tras una sesión de negociación de cuatro horas con funcionarios de Ucrania, enfocada en delinear las condiciones para poner fin al conflicto con Rusia.
“Tuvimos otra sesión muy productiva, pero aún queda trabajo por hacer”, declaró Rubio ante la prensa al finalizar el encuentro. El diálogo, realizado en Hallandale Beach, se centró en revisar una propuesta base de 28 puntos y en ofrecer garantías de seguridad y prosperidad a Ucrania luego de un eventual alto el fuego.
El jefe negociador ucraniano, Rustem Umerov, resaltó ante Rubio la importancia del respaldo estadounidense y agradeció el apoyo concreto de Washington.
“Estados Unidos nos escucha, nos apoya y está trabajando junto a nosotros”, dijo Umerov. Los demás miembros del equipo ucraniano incluyeron al jefe de las Fuerzas Armadas, Andrii Hnatov, y al asesor presidencial Oleksandr Bevz.
Esta ronda ocurre tras la dimisión de Andrii Yermak, anterior jefe negociador y principal asesor de Volodimir Zelensky, quien renunció después de que su vivienda fue registrada en la investigación por desvío de fondos en el sector energético.
Rubio enfatizó que las discusiones no buscan solo detener la violencia, sino asegurar que Ucrania salga del conflicto con independencia y capacidad de desarrollo sostenido.
“No se trata solo de poner fin a la guerra, sino de condiciones que permitan que Ucrania sea soberana, segura y prospere realmente”, subrayó.
El plan discutido inicialmente preveía que Kiev ceda el control total del Donbas oriental a Rusia, así como límites al tamaño de las fuerzas armadas ucranianas y la exclusión de Ucrania de la OTAN.
Rubio insistió que los negociadores estaban revisando estos puntos polémicos y buscando un equilibrio entre las demandas rusas y las garantías de seguridad y reconstrucción exigidas por Ucrania.
Rubio adelantó que pretendían trabajar los próximos días para solidificar los detalles con la delegación de Vladimir Putin, quien recibirá a Witkoff y posiblemente a Kushner antes de partir hacia India el jueves.
En ese contexto, el presidente Zelensky se pronunció en sus redes sociales destacando “la disposición positiva” de la delegación estadounidense y el enfoque “constructivo” demostrado en las últimas rondas.
“En los próximos días, es factible concretar los pasos para llegar a un fin digno del conflicto”, afirmó Zelensky en su mensaje nocturno del sábado.
Umerov señaló también que el foco sigue siendo la resiliencia y el futuro de Ucrania, más allá del cese de hostilidades.
No obstante, la violencia se mantiene en el campo de batalla. Durante la madrugada del domingo, ataques con drones y misiles rusos mataron al menos a tres personas en Kiev, mientras un dron impactó un edificio residencial en Vyshhorod, al norte de la capital, dejando un muerto y casi veinte heridos.
Este mismo fin de semana, Ucrania reclamó un ataque exitoso contra un terminal petrolero ruso en Novorossiysk, lo que generó una advertencia diplomática de Kazajistán exigiendo que se detengan futuros ataques a instalaciones estratégicas.
Zelensky recalcó en su mensaje diario que Rusia lanza “cientos de drones y misiles cada semana contra la población civil”, por lo que reclamó más defensas antiaéreas y la continuidad del esfuerzo diplomático.
“Necesitamos soluciones reales, fiables, que ayuden a terminar la guerra”, insistió.
La próxima etapa de estas negociaciones incluirá contactos directos con Moscú y la revisión de cualquier nuevo borrador propuesto, en busca de un equilibrio viable entre las concesiones territoriales exigidas por Rusia y las garantías internacionales de seguridad y soberanía reclamadas por Ucrania.
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In the wake of last year’s tumultuous presidential election, which exhausted many Americans, it was expected to be quiet on the 2025 campaign trail.
But with President Donald Trump back in the White House and Democrats itching to rebound after last year’s ballot box setbacks, 2025’s off-year elections were anything but sedate.
Here are five of the biggest moments that shaped the campaign trail.
5. Democrats overperform in special elections
Just eight days into Trump’s second term in the White House, demoralized Democrats had something to cheer about.
SETTING THE STAGE: WHAT THE 2025 ELECTIONS SIGNAL FOR NEXT YEAR’S MIDTERM SHOWDOWNS
President Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term in the White House on Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. (Morray Gash/AFP via Getty Images)
Democrat Mike Zimmer defeated Republican Katie Whittington in a special state Senate election in Iowa, flipping a Republican-controlled vacant seat in a district that Trump had carried by 21 points less than three months earlier.
Zimmer’s victory triggered a wave of Democrats overperforming in special elections and regularly scheduled off-year ballot box contests.
In Iowa, Democrats in August flipped another Republican-held seat in a state Senate special election, breaking the GOP’s supermajority in the upper chamber for the first time in three years.
«Since the president was inaugurated back in January, there’s been 45 elections on the ballot. Democrats have overperformed in all of them to the tune of about 16 percentage points on average,» Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin touted in a Fox News Digital interview days ahead of the 2025 elections.
4. Inflation persists, making affordability issue No. 1 on the campaign trail
It was the issue that boosted Trump and Republicans in the 2024 elections, as they won back the White House and Senate majority and kept control of the House.
But a year later, the economy, and everyday expenses in particular, are working against the president and his party in the 2025 elections.
FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS SAY WHITE HOUSE IS DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD ON ECONOMY
Democrats, with an across-the-board focus on affordability, enjoyed sweeping success at the ballot box earlier this month, with double-digit victories in the gubernatorial showdowns in blue-leaning but competitive New Jersey and Virginia, as well as major victories in high-profile contests in battlegrounds Georgia and Pennsylvania and solidly blue New York City and California.
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill votes on Election Day, in Montclair, New Jersey, on Nov. 4, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
«Voters are remarkably consistent in their priorities: the economy, the economy, the economy,» noted Wayne Lesperance, a veteran political scientist and president of New England College.
«When you win an election, voters expect you are going to do something to address those concerns and the reality is that the questions of affordability remain unchanged in their importance to the everyday voter.»
3. Jay Jones text messages revealed, rocking the Virginia elections
Virginia Democrats were cruising toward convincing victories in the commonwealth’s statewide elections when a scandal sent shockwaves up and down the ballot.
Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones instantly went into crisis mode after controversial texts were first reported earlier by the National Review in early October.
Jay Jones addresses supporters after winning the Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general as wife Mavis Jones looks on in Norfolk, on June 17, 2025. (Trevor Metcalfe/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Jones acknowledged and apologized for texts he sent in 2022, when he compared then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert to mass murderers Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot, adding that if he was given two bullets, he would use both against the GOP lawmaker to shoot him in the head.
But Jones faced a chorus of calls from Republicans to drop out of the race.
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE 2025 ELECTIONS
And the GOP leveraged the explosive revelations up the ballot, forcing Democratic Party nominee, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, back on defense in a campaign where she was seen as the frontrunner against Republican rival Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.
Earle-Sears didn’t waste an opportunity to link Spanberger to Jones. And during last month’s chaotic and only gubernatorial debate, where Earle-Sears repeatedly interrupted Spanberger, the GOP gubernatorial nominee called on her Democratic rival to tell Jones to end his attorney general bid.
«The comments that Jay Jones made are absolutely abhorrent,» Spanberger said at the debate. But she neither affirmed nor pulled back her support of Jones.
While the scandal grabbed national headlines, in the end it didn’t slow down the Democrats, as Spanberger crushed Earle-Sears by 15 points. Democrats won the separate election for lieutenant governor by 11 points and Jones even pulled off a 6-point victory over Republican incumbent Jason Miyares.
2. Trump urges Texas to redistrict
Aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House when Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the 2018 midterm elections, Trump in June first floated the idea of rare but not unheard of mid-decade congressional redistricting.
The mission was simple: redraw congressional district maps in red states to pad the GOP’s razor-thin House majority to keep control of the chamber in the 2026 midterms, when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats.
Trump’s first target: Texas.
A month later, when asked by reporters about his plan to add Republican-leaning House seats across the country, the president said, «Texas will be the biggest one. And that’ll be five.»
The push by Trump and his political team triggered a high-stakes redistricting showdown with Democrats to shape the 2026 midterm landscape in the fight for the House majority.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas called a special session of the GOP-dominated state legislature to pass the new map.
ELECTION REFLECTION: ‘DEMOCRATS FLIPPED THE SCRIPT’ ON AFFORDABILITY IN BALLOT BOX SHOWDOWNS
But Democratic state lawmakers, who broke quorum for two weeks as they fled Texas in a bid to delay the passage of the redistricting bill, energized Democrats across the country.
Among those leading the fight against Trump’s redistricting was Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California.
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an election night press conference at a California Democratic Party office on Nov. 4, 2025, in Sacramento. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo)
California voters earlier this month overwhelmingly passed Proposition 50, a ballot initiative which will temporarily sidetrack the left-leaning state’s nonpartisan redistricting commission and return the power to draw the congressional maps to the Democratic-dominated legislature.
That is expected to result in five more Democratic-leaning congressional districts in California, which aimed to counter the move by Texas to redraw their maps.
Meanwhile, an opinion by two federal judges in Texas this month delivered a blow to Trump and Republicans, by ruling that the state can’t use the newly drawn map in next year’s elections. Texas Republicans say they’ll appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.
But the fight has spread beyond Texas and California.
Right-tilting Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio have drawn new maps as part of the president’s push. And red-leaning Indiana, Florida and Kansas are also mulling redrawing their maps.
«We must keep the Majority at all costs,» Trump wrote on social media this month.
Illinois and Maryland, two blue states, and Virginia, where Democrats control the legislature, are also taking steps or seriously considering redistricting.
And in a blow to Republicans, a Utah district judge this month rejected a congressional district map drawn up by the state’s GOP-dominated legislature and instead approved an alternate that will create a Democratic-leaning district ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
1. Mamdani wins NYC mayoral primary
Zohran Mamdani’s convincing June 24 victory in New York City’s Democratic Party mayoral primary was the political earthquake that rocked the nation’s most populous city and sent powerful shockwaves across the country.
The capturing of the Democratic nomination by the now-34-year-old socialist state lawmaker over frontrunner former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates propelled Mamdani to this month’s general election victory.
Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters during a primary election night gathering on June 24, 2025, in the Queens borough of New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
While Mamdani’s 9-point general election victory is a shot in the arm for the rise of the socialist movement as it battles moderate Democrats for the future of the party, it also appears to be the political gift that keeps on giving for Republicans, as they aim to paint all Democrats as far-left radicals.
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) was one of the first out of the gate to capitalize on the leftward lurch, firing off an email release minutes after Mamdani’s primary victory, arguing that «every vulnerable House Democrat will own him, and every Democrat running in a primary will fear him.»
And this month, immediately after Mamdani became mayor-elect, the NRCC claimed «the new face of the Democrat Party just dropped, and it’s straight out of a socialist nightmare.»
President Donald Trump met with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, in the Oval Office at the White House, on Nov. 21, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
But Trump’s very chummy meeting with Mamdani recently at the White House seemed to undercut the GOP strategy to use the mayor-elect as a human cudgel.
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Democrats insist that the effort to link Mamdani is a distraction from Republicans’ inability to deal with the affordability issue.
«Republican operatives in D.C. know they can’t win on the issues, so we’re seeing them melt down in real time, resorting to ineffective boogeyman attacks. It’s embarrassing,» the rival Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee charged.
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