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• 隨著 Democrats 的反擊，總統似乎暗示批准戰爭的立法截止期限已不再適用 • US politics live – latest updates • 訂閱 Breaking News US 電子報

• Scott Jennings 就美國在對伊朗戰爭中獲得的政治讓步受到 Adam Mockler 的質詢。 • CNN 最著名的親川普評論員 Scott Jennings 在週四晚間的直播電視節目中，因被反覆要求指出美國從對伊朗戰爭中取得的哪怕一個政治讓步卻未能回答，最後被激怒而對同台來賓飆粗口。 • 這次衝突發生在《NewsNight With Abby Phillip》節目中，當時 Jennings 與來自進步派 MeidasTouch 的 23 歲評論員 Adam Mockler 發生爭執。當 Mockler 要求他指出衝突的具體收穫時，Jennings 以黨派路線的說辭回應，稱衝突有一個單一且明確的目的——防止神權政體取得核武器——但 Mockler 反擊稱，這種避重就輕的不回答本身就是一種答案。繼續閱讀...

• US 總統批評了 Germany 總理 Friedrich Merz，並提出了從 Italy 和 Spain 撤出 US 部隊的可能性。 • 此外，還有關於結束化石燃料時代的 10 個重大教訓。 • 早安。Donald Trump 威脅要從 Italy 和 Spain 撤軍，就在他表示正考慮削減駐 Germany 部署人數的一天之後。

• Pete Hegseth 主張三週前與 Iran 達成的停火協議「意味著 60 day 的計時暫停或停止」 • 訂閱 Breaking News US 電子郵件以在收件匣中獲取 newsletter 提醒 • 您好，歡迎來到我們的今日即時報導

• 川普政府宣布啟動「經濟憤怒行動」（Operation Economic Fury），作為擴大制裁行動的一部分，對伊朗實施全面封鎖。 • 該倡議代表對伊朗經濟壓力的重大升級，標誌著美國外交政策轉向更強硬的措施。 • 此行動發生在中東更廣泛的地緣政治緊張局勢之中，此前美國與伊朗之間已持續數月的外交緊張。

• 隨著 60-day 期限臨近，表決在此之際進行；兩名 GOP 支持限制措施，而關於 ceasefire 是否會暫停計時仍存在爭議 • US politics live – latest updates • 由 Republicans 領導的 Senate 週四再次阻撓了 Democratic 停止 Donald Trump 在 Iran 戰爭的嘗試，否決了一項 war powers resolution，該決議原本會限制衝突，直到 Congress 授權進一步的軍事行動。

US 總統的聲明是在 German chancellor 發表 US 在衝突中受「羞辱」的言論後發出的 US 總統 Donald Trump 昨晚威脅要減少部署在 Germany 的部隊人數，此前 chancellor Friedrich Merz 本週表示 US 正遭受 Iran 「羞辱」。 Trump 表示 US 正在「研究並審查可能裁減駐 Germany 的部隊人數，並將在短期內做出決定」。 「Germany 的 Chancellor，Friedrich Merz 認為 Iran 擁有核武器沒關係。他不知道他在說什麼！如果 Iran 擁有核武器，全世界都將淪為人質。我現在正在對 Iran 採取行動，這是其他國家或總統早就該做的事。難怪 Germany 無論在經濟還是其他方面都表現得如此糟糕！總統 DONALD J. TRUMP」 Continue reading...

由於 Donald Trump 似乎有意維持 US Navy 的封鎖，且 Iran 令 strait of Hormuz 幾乎封閉，石油市場受驚。在 Donald Trump 警告 US 對 Iranian 港口的封鎖可能持續數月且和談依然停滯後，Brent oil 價格在週三飆升至每桶 126 美元以上，創下 2022 年以來的最高水準。Brent crude 在 24 小時內飆升超過 13%，觸及自 28 February 戰爭爆發以來的最高價格。自 2022 年 Russia 入侵 Ukraine 以來，Brent 價格未曾突破 120 美元，當時價格峰值曾達 139 美元。繼續閱讀...

• 隨著美以對伊朗戰爭期間荷姆茲海峽的封鎖衝擊能源市場，汽油價格已飆升至每加侖 4 美元以上，機票價格亦大幅上漲，削弱了川普的關鍵政治優勢。 • 超過四分之三的登記選民（包括過半的共和黨人和 82% 的中間選民）現在將影響燃料、雜貨、住房和醫療保健的生活成本危機歸咎於川普。 • 在政府停擺、關稅政策以及美以聯手襲擊伊朗後，川普第二任期的支持率下降速度遠快於歷任總統，聯準會主席 Jerome Powell 更警告戰爭正加劇通貨膨脹。

Russian 總統在一場 US 總統形容為「非常好的對話」中，歡迎延長 Iran 停火的決定。Vladimir Putin 和 Donald Trump 在週三的電話通話中討論了 Iran 戰爭，並提議在 Ukraine 實施臨時停火。在這次長達 90 多分鐘的通話中，Russian 總統表示 Moscow 視 US 在 Iran 實施地面作戰的前景為危險，同時歡迎 Trump 延長該地區停火的決定，據 Putin 的外交政策顧問 Yuri Ushakov 表示。繼續閱讀...

• 美國總統表示，英國君主同意不應允許德黑蘭擁有核武器。 • 這裡引用一點 Oscar Wilde，那裡致敬 Henry Kissinger，散播一些 Charles Dickens，再加上一點 Abraham Lincoln 和 Theodore Roosevelt。大功告成！英國君主在週二動員了一支由已故白人名流組成的精英隊伍，並以幽默和潛在的政治考量為調味，展開了一場旨在繞過 Donald Trump 並直接針對美國國會的魅力攻勢。從他結束時獲得的歡呼聲和長達一分鐘的掌聲來看，這次的軟實力展現成效顯著，且「特殊關係」將繼續維持。 • 我們目前正在處理一些中東事務……而且進展非常順利。我們在軍事上擊敗了那個特定的對手，我們絕不會讓那個對手——查爾斯比我更同意這一點——我們絕不會讓那個對手擁有核武器。

• 美國總統的言論可能會讓英國君主的助手們感到尷尬，因為君主通常保持中立。 • Donald Trump 堅稱，查爾斯國王同意他的看法，即絕不能允許伊朗擁有核武器。 • 川普是在週二白宮為訪問的查爾斯與卡米拉舉行的國宴上發表上述言論的，此前兩人已於當天舉行了雙邊會談。閱讀更多...

U.S. President Donald Trump is unhappy with the latest Iranian proposal on resolving the two-month war, a U.S. official said, dampening hopes for a resolution to the conflict that has disrupted energy supplies, fuelled inflation, and killed thousands.

Iran's foreign minister arrived in Russia on Monday, after a whirlwind weekend of diplomacy, seeking to gain political leverage and foreign backing as peace talks with the U.S. remain on hold.(Image credit: Dmitry Lovetsky)

US president says there’s ‘no reason to meet’ Tehran unless they agree never to have nuclear weaponsWelcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East.Donald Trump has said Iran can telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to the war and that it must agree never to have a nuclear weapon, while Pakistan’s leaders have sought to revive the stalled peace talks between Washington and Tehran.Iran gave the US a new proposal on reopening the strait and ending the war, with nuclear negotiations postponed for a later stage, according to the news site Axios. The US state department and White House did not immediately comment on the Sunday report, which cited an unnamed US official and two sources.Araghchi’s talks with Pakistani officials on Sunday had included “implementing a new legal regime over the strait of Hormuz, receiving compensation, guaranteeing no renewed military aggression by warmongers and lifting the naval blockade”, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency. In the talks with Omani leader Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, Araghchi called for a regional security framework free of outside interference.Araghchi would meet with Putin “in continuation of the diplomatic jihad to advance the country’s interests and amid external threats”, Iran’s envoy in Russia, Kazem Jalali, said on X.Two US air force C-17s carrying security staff, equipment and vehicles used to protect US officials flew out of Pakistan after the latest diplomatic trip was called off, two Pakistani government sources told Reuters on Sunday. Continue reading...

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were to travel to Islamabad to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiationsDonald Trump said he has told US envoys not to go to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, shortly after Tehran’s top diplomat left Islamabad late on Saturday.Trump added to Fox News: “They can call us anytime they want.” The White House on Friday said Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would travel to Pakistan’s capital to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiations. Continue reading...

Lack of a sustained plan to end the war has convinced US allies that the White House is running out of ideasNearly eight weeks after Donald Trump launched his assault on Iran, the White House has shifted from a strategy of shock-and-awe bombardments and leadership decapitation to a plan of sustained economic pressure as it tests the wills of a regime practiced over decades at wars of attrition.Since the negotiations stalled, the White House has begun to shift its messaging to say it is willing to wait to strike a more durable deal with Iran – despite the growing economic toll inflicted on the world economy by the closure of the strait of Hormuz. The reason, senior officials have said, is because of the joint US-Israeli strikes were so successful that they have fractured Iran’s leadership and prevented a new consolidation of power. Continue reading...

Tensions around US negotiations may reflect mistake of assassinating more pragmatic and experienced figuresMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has claimed that the infighting between moderates and hardliners in Iran’s leadership is so intense that the country has “no idea who their leader is”, but many Iranian experts questioned his analysis, saying that – given the mass assassinations of senior commanders – the country has shown remarkable institutional cohesion.Trump’s allegations of “CRAZY” splits in the Iranian leadership – the second outing for this argument in three days – is remarkable since he has previously said either he has little knowledge of the new Iranian leadership or that there has already been regime change. Continue reading...

US president says Tehran hobbled by infighting as Pentagon reportedly briefs mine clearance may take six monthsMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has again said that the US has “total control over the strait of Hormuz,” adding that Iran’s leadership was so hobbled by infighting that it was unclear who was in charge.But the US president’s claim seemed questionable in the face of the seizure of two container ships by Iranian commandos and a US report warning it could take six months to clear the strait of mines. Continue reading...

US special envoy Zampolli hopes for Italy involvementDoubts remain over Iran’s participationAn envoy to the US President Donald Trump has asked Fifa to replace Iran with Italy in the upcoming World Cup, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.The plan is an effort to repair ties between Trump and Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni after the two fell out amid the American president’s attacks against Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war, the FT reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Continue reading...

U-turn comes after Trump said the US military was ‘raring to go’. Plus, Virginia voters pass new congressional maps in blow to presidentDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Donald Trump unilaterally announced an extension of the two-week ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday amid frantic efforts to bring the two sides back to the negotiating table.How are Trump’s negotiating tactics being received? The president’s impatience and rough-house diplomatic style, including his frequent online posting, has been a key stumbling block to restarting peace talks, writes the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour.Is Tehran united on how to deal with Washington? Analysts say it is not, with fierce disagreement among Iranian leaders over how to respond to US pressure and whether to risk a new wave of bombing.Follow the latest updates with our liveblog.How much of a boost for the Democrats is Virginia’s referendum result? It could help them win four additional House seats in November’s midterms, which could prove pivotal in an evenly divided Congress. Continue reading...

US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says Iran’s Kharg Island storage facilities will be full and their ‘fragile’ oil wells shut in mere days because of the blockade; oil prices rise amid ongoing uncertaintyTrump announces extension of Iran ceasefire until ‘discussion concluded’Shares have been mixed in early trading across Asia, while oil prices have eased on hopes the US and Iran may resume talks to end their war.The price of Brent crude edged 0.2% lower but was still above $98 a barrel. US benchmark crude fell 0.4% to $89.29 a barrel. Continue reading...

US president’s hubristic and contradictory social media statements are key stumbling block to ending the warDonald Trump’s blend of threats and hubristic commentary, often casually dismissive of Iran, has, as much as the continuation of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, been the key stumbling block to restarting peace talks between the two countries under Pakistan’s mediation in Islamabad.However much the Iranian foreign ministry insists it would not respond to every social media utterance issued by the US president on Iran, and sometimes there are as many as seven a day, Tehran cannot ignore them all, even if they contradict what the Iranians are being told in private about Trump’s true intentions. Continue reading...

The US has deployed more forces since the truce and senior Iranians seem to be relishing the prospect of the fightIt is the doomsday scenario that Donald Trump repeatedly swore he would never countenance: putting boots on the ground in a deployment that could embroil the US in a Middle East “forever war”.Now, with a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran coming to an end and prospects for renewed negotiations hanging by a thread, the chances of the president breaking that pledge and ordering some kind of ground incursion seem to be rising. Continue reading...

The US president rejects extending truce as Tehran warns of response and negotiators head to IslamabadSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxDonald Trump said on Tuesday that he expects to resume bombing Iran, as a fragile 14-day ceasefire approaches its deadline Wednesday with no deal in sight.“I expect to be bombing because I think that’s a better attitude to go in with,” Trump told CNBC’s Squawk Box. “We’re ready to go. The military is raring to go.” Continue reading...