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Russia’s Lavrov says Iran has ‘inalienable’ right to enrich uranium, openly defying Trump’s demands

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Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said that Iran has an «inalienable» right to enrich uranium for civilian purposes during a state visit to China on Wednesday, according to the Times of Israel.
«The right to enrich uranium for civilian purposes is an inalienable right of the Islamic Republic of Iran,» Lavrov said during a Tuesday press conference following a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to the Times of Israel.
Access to said uranium has been a hard line for U.S. President Donald Trump in ongoing peace negotiations with Iran.
«There will be no enrichment of Uranium,» Trump wrote in an April 8 post on Truth Social, adding that the U.S. would be working with Iran to dig up all remaining nuclear materials in the country to ensure the Islamic Republic would not have access to any uranium.
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Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a press conference in Beijing, China. April 15, 2026. (Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Vice President JD Vance, who led the U.S. delegation during Saturday negotiations with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, doubled down on that red line.
«The enriched uranium that the Iranians currently possess, we have said that we want that to come our of their country, and we would like to take possession of it,» Vance told Fox News’ Brett Baier on Monday.

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China. April 15, 2026. (Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
«The president doesn’t want to leave the next president or the president after that to be worrying about this program so we would like to get that material out of the country completely so that the United States has control over it.
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Despite the U.S. hard line, Russia’s top diplomat appeared to openly defy the U.S. demand, speaking in strong terms against what he viewed as American global control.

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov shakes hands with Chinese president Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China. April 15, 2026 (Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
«Neither China nor Russia, nor the majority of countries throughout the world, can accept this approach,» Lavrov said in remarks posted to a Russian state website.
The peace talks in Iran stalled, according to Vance, because of their refusal to completely give up their nuclear program. Nuclear experts praised the decision.
«The U.S. team was wise to walk away once it became clear the Iranians would not agree to Washington’s core nuclear demands. Tehran maintaining enriched uranium stocks and uranium enrichment capabilities provides it with a pathway to nuclear weapons, plain and simple,» Andrea Stricker, deputy director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ nonproliferation program, told Fox News Digital.
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Fox News Digital contacted the U.S. State Department and the Russian Foreign Ministry for comment but did not hear back immediately.
Fox News Digital’s Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report.
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WATCH: Platner doesn’t apologize to Purple Heart recipient, voters when confronted on post mocking soldier

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FIRST ON FOX: SULLIVAN, ME – Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner declined to apologize both to voters and a Purple Heart recipient when asked by Fox News Digital about a deleted Reddit post where he said the wounded soldier «didn’t deserve to live.»
Platner did not respond at first when asked outside a market near his home whether he regrets making the post, which Fox News Digital reported earlier this week showed him mocking a video of Pfc. Ted Daniels taken during a clash with Taliban fighters in 2012 that ended in Daniels being shot four times and being awarded a Purple Heart.
«I did four tours in the infantry, any attempt to say that I disrespect veterans is slanderous and offensive,» Platner said when asked follow-up questions about what he would say to any Maine voters who were offended by his post and if he should apologize to Daniels.
«Do you think you owe him an apology?» Fox News Digital asked again.
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Fox News Digital spoke to Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner near his home in Maine on Saturday about his recent controversies over his resurfaced Reddit posts, including a comment mocking a Purple Heart U.S. soldier. (Fox News Digital)
«Do you know how many of my friends have Purple Hearts, do you know how many of my friends got wounded?» Platner responded, before adding, «yeah, a lot of them, thank you.»
Platner, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, sparked significant outrage online this week over the resurfaced Reddit post critics have said shows a lack of respect for his fellow soldiers.
«This video never gets old,» Platner posted in June 2019 using the Reddit account «P-Hustle,» which he has acknowledged owning, in reference to a viral video from the helmet Daniels was wearing while taking enemy fire.
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Maine Democratic Sen. candidate Graham Platner is facing renewed criticism over his deleted Reddit history. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
«Dumb motherf—– didn’t deserve to live. At least his stupidity and fat a– wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt. Poor marksmanship on the Taliban’s part is the only reason this mouthbreather made it home. He managed to make every possible s— decision possible when it comes to small unit combat.»
Rob O’Neill, the U.S. Navy SEAL who is credited with killing Usama bin Laden, was one of many veterans to speak out in response to the post.
«Mr. Platner was way out of line talking about a soldier that way,» O’Neill told Fox News Digital about the controversy on Thursday.
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Graham Platner, the Democrats’ presumptive Senate nominee in Maine, holds an energy event in Ellsworth, Maine on Monday May 11, 2026. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
«This is completely barbaric,» O’Neill added. «I don’t understand. If you swear an oath to the country, it doesn’t even matter what the politics are. Every single time you fight it’s for the man next to you, it’s for the person next to you. Politics goes out the window. And to wish ill on someone like that under fire is just, you know, like I said, it is the opposite of everything I’ve ever been raised to believe.»
Platner has previously leaned into his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to explain the numerous incendiary social media posts that have surfaced since he announced his Senate run.
«For those of you who have read these things and been offended, have read these things and seen someone that you don’t recognize, I am deeply sorry,» Platner said in October before the post about Daniels, and other posts disparaging the military, were public.
«I’m sorry for this. Just know that it’s not reflective at all of who I am. I don’t want you to judge me on the dumbest thing I ever wrote on the internet. I would prefer if people could judge me on the person I am today.»
Daniels himself reacted to the post, telling Fox Business, «People like this don’t say stuff like this to my face.»
«It’s online, and that right there tells me, Graham, you’re a coward.»
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Platner became the Democrats’ presumptive nominee after his rival for the nomination, two-term Gov. Janet Mills, ended her campaign last month after trailing Platner in polling and fundraising.
The Democratic Senate Primary in Maine will be held on June 9, where Platner will appear on the ballot alongside Democrat David Costello to earn the right to face off against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
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Pope Leo warns AI risks becoming tool of ‘domination, exclusion and death’ in new encyclical

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Pope Leo unveiled the Vatican’s new encyclical, «Magnifica Humanitas,» warning that artificial intelligence risks becoming a tool of «domination, exclusion and death» unless governments and institutions place moral limits on the rapidly developing technology.
The Vatican is formally entering the global debate over artificial intelligence as governments and tech companies race to develop increasingly powerful AI systems with limited international regulation.
The pontiff invoked Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical «Rerum Novarum,» which addressed worker exploitation during the Industrial Revolution, arguing that AI represents a similarly transformative moment threatening human dignity.
«Today we find ourselves facing a transformation of similar magnitude, with perhaps even greater consequences,» the Pope said.
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Pope Leo warns artificial intelligence could become a force for «domination, exclusion and death» without moral limits in the Vatican’s new encyclical. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)
The pope warned about increasingly autonomous weapons systems that are beyond meaningful human control. He also said AI systems could block access to healthcare, employment and security because of biased data. He compared AI governance to nuclear arms control.
«Like nuclear energy, it must be at the service of all and of the common good,» he said.
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Pope Leo XIV leads a vigil for peace inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on April 11, 2026. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)
The pope said disarming AI alone is not enough and called on governments and institutions to «build» systems rooted in trust and human dignity. Recalling devastating floods in Peru, he said rebuilding means restoring trust and hope.
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Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on March 1, 2026, warning that escalating violence in the Middle East risks becoming an «irreparable abyss.» (REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane)
The pope also laid out the church’s broader argument about humanity and technology.
«The person bears within him- or herself a freedom, an interiority and a vocation to love and worship that no machine can replace,» he said.
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The Vatican is attempting to insert moral theology into a largely secular technological arms race.
«Stay awake,» the pope urged, warning humanity not to surrender moral judgment to machines.
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