Iran Warns Nuclear Talks Would Fail Unless Biden Provides Guarantees

The Iranian flag flutters in front the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria March 4, 2019. (Reuters)
The Iranian flag flutters in front the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria March 4, 2019. (Reuters)
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Iran Warns Nuclear Talks Would Fail Unless Biden Provides Guarantees

The Iranian flag flutters in front the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria March 4, 2019. (Reuters)
The Iranian flag flutters in front the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria March 4, 2019. (Reuters)

Negotiations to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers will fail unless US President Joe Biden can guarantee that Washington will not again abandon the pact, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said on Wednesday.

“The US President, lacking authority, is not ready to give guarantees. If the current status quo continues, the result of negotiations is clear,” Ali Shamkhani said in a tweet.

Iran is expected to give an exact date this week for the resumption of talks with the powers, scheduled for end of November according to Iranian top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri-Kani.

In April, Iran and six powers started talks in Vienna to reinstate the deal, which then-US President Donald Trump ditched three years ago before reimposing sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy. However, the talks were put on hold after Iran’s presidential election in June that brought anti-Western hardliner Ebrahim Raisi to power.

A main disagreement in Vienna has been over Iran’s requirement for the United States to give guarantees that it would not renege on the nuclear agreement in the future.

The United States and European powers have urged Iran to return to negotiations, warning that time is running out as the Tehran’s uranium enrichment program is advancing well beyond the limits set by the nuclear pact.

In reaction to Trump’s reimposition of sanctions, Tehran breached the deal by rebuilding stockpiles of enriched uranium, refining it to higher fissile purity and installing advanced centrifuges to speed up output.



Trump Says India and Russia Appear 'Lost' to 'Deepest, Darkest China'

US President Donald Trump attends an event to announce that the Space Force Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
US President Donald Trump attends an event to announce that the Space Force Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
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Trump Says India and Russia Appear 'Lost' to 'Deepest, Darkest China'

US President Donald Trump attends an event to announce that the Space Force Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
US President Donald Trump attends an event to announce that the Space Force Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

US President Donald Trump on Friday said India and Russia seem to have been "lost" to China after their leaders met with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, expressing annoyance at New Delhi and Moscow as Beijing pushes a new world order.

"Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China. May they have a long and prosperous future together!" Trump wrote in a social media post accompanying a photo of the three leaders together at Xi's summit in China.

Asked about Trump's post, India's foreign ministry told reporters in New Delhi that it had no comment. The Chinese foreign ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment, and representatives for the Kremlin could not be immediately reached, Reuters reported.

Xi hosted more than 20 leaders of non-Western countries for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Putin and Modi were see holding hands at the summit as they walked toward Xi before all three men stood side by side.

Trump has chilled US-India ties amid trade tensions and other disputes. Trump this week said he was "very disappointed" in Putin but not worried about growing Russia-China ties.

Trump has been frustrated at his inability to convince Russia and Ukraine to reach an end to their war, more than three years after Russian forces invaded Ukraine.

He told reporters on Thursday night at the White House that he planned to talk to Putin soon.


Police: Most of Those Killed in Lisbon Streetcar Derailment Were Foreigners

View of the site where a tourist streetcar derailed and crashed in Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
View of the site where a tourist streetcar derailed and crashed in Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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Police: Most of Those Killed in Lisbon Streetcar Derailment Were Foreigners

View of the site where a tourist streetcar derailed and crashed in Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
View of the site where a tourist streetcar derailed and crashed in Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Police in Portugal said Friday that 11 of the 16 people killed when a streetcar derailed were foreigners, as an initial investigative report examining what caused the popular Lisbon tourist attraction to crash was expected to be released.

The dead included five Portuguese nationals, three British citizens, two Canadians, two South Koreans, one American, one French, one Swiss and one Ukrainian, The Associated Press quoted police as saying in a statement.

A German man also thought to have died in Wednesday’s crash was found to be in a Lisbon hospital, police said. It didn't provide an explanation for the error.

The list of nationalities was published following forensic identification.

The distinctive yellow-and-white Elevador da Gloria, which is classified as a national monument, was packed with locals and international tourists Wednesday evening when it came off its rails. Sixteen people were killed and 21 others were injured.

Multiple agencies are investigating what Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has described as "one of the biggest tragedies of our recent past.”

The government’s Office for Air and Rail Accident Investigations said that it has concluded its analysis of the wreckage and would issue a preliminary technical report Friday. It wasn't clear how revealing the report would be.

Chief police investigator Nelson Oliveira said that a preliminary police report, which has a broader scope, is expected within 45 days.

The streetcar's wreckage was removed from the scene overnight and placed in police custody.


Teacher Stabbed at German College, Suspect Arrested

Policemen are seen on September 5, 2025 outside a vocational college in Essen, western Germany. (Photo by Justin BROSCH / DPA / AFP)
Policemen are seen on September 5, 2025 outside a vocational college in Essen, western Germany. (Photo by Justin BROSCH / DPA / AFP)
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Teacher Stabbed at German College, Suspect Arrested

Policemen are seen on September 5, 2025 outside a vocational college in Essen, western Germany. (Photo by Justin BROSCH / DPA / AFP)
Policemen are seen on September 5, 2025 outside a vocational college in Essen, western Germany. (Photo by Justin BROSCH / DPA / AFP)

A teacher was wounded in a stabbing at a vocational college in the western German city of Essen on Friday, said police before announcing the suspect's arrest.

"The teacher suffered stab wounds during the attack" and has been taken to hospital by emergency services, police said in a statement on the X platform.

A suspect was detained after fleeing the scene.

"Police used firearms in the arrest, during which the suspect was injured," police said.

Police earlier said a "major operation" was under way in the area around the college, with "a large number of officers on site.”

The Bild daily said the victim was a female teacher who had been stabbed in the stomach and was undergoing emergency surgery.

The BIB vocational college in Essen offers training in the fields of nutrition and domestic science, as well as social and health care, according to its website.

Law enforcement officials have not released any information on the identity of the victim or the assailant, or the suspected motive.