US President Donald Trump says the United States has agreed to resume talks with Iran after Tehran requested negotiations continue, despite declaring that the ceasefire is "OVER." The remarks come as Qatar, Pakistan and…

US President Donald Trump says the United States has agreed to resume talks with Iran after Tehran requested negotiations continue, despite declaring that the ceasefire is "OVER." The remarks come as Qatar, Pakistan and other mediators work to salvage last month's memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran. A Qatari delegation reportedly traveled to Iran on Friday in a visit coordinated with the US, while diplomats told Axios both sides are still seeking a return to the agreement. The outlet also reported that negotiators had been making progress toward a nuclear deal before the latest escalation. In a Truth Social post, Trump said Washington agreed to continue negotiations, but made clear to Iran "in no uncertain terms" that the ceasefire is over. His comments contrast with signals from the White House a day earlier that the US was still willing to uphold the memorandum if Iran also complied with its commitments.

Israel will not be spared from the response of Iranian forces, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said in a written statement. "As we announced previously, an attack on…

Israel will not be spared from the response of Iranian forces, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said in a written statement. "As we announced previously, an attack on infrastructure will be met in kind, and the criminal Zionist regime, which is behind this wickedness, will not be safe from the response of the fighters," Zolghadr said. Zolghadr said Iranians and Iraqis had turned out for the funeral processions of the assassinated supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, in what he called a historic showing, and that the United States was, in his words, "angry" at the turnout. "The most hated face in the world once again said what he deserved to say, addressing the great, risen and aggrieved people of Iran," he said, in an apparent reference to President Trump's remarks in Ankara on Wednesday calling the Iranians "scum" and "liars." Zolghadr is the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, the body that sets Iran's national security and foreign policy under the authority of the supreme leader, and a former Revolutionary Guards deputy commander. Threats of this kind carry weight when they issue from that office rather than from military commanders or state media. Israel has not taken part in the fighting between the United States and Iran, and Israeli sources told i24NEWS this week that Iran appeared to have no interest in drawing Israel into it. Zolghadr's statement places Israel explicitly in the line of retaliation, a day after Defense Minister Israel Katz said the IDF was ready to strike Iran again with even greater force.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with President Trump to coordinate moves in the various sectors, the Prime Minister's Office said. Trump updated Netanyahu on American moves regarding Iran, according to the…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with President Trump to coordinate moves in the various sectors, the Prime Minister's Office said. Trump updated Netanyahu on American moves regarding Iran, according to the statement.

Andy Burnham, the frontrunner to succeed Keir Starmer as Labour leader and British prime minister, apologized for Labour's failure to take a harder line against Israel at the start of its military campaign in Gaza, and…

Andy Burnham, the frontrunner to succeed Keir Starmer as Labour leader and British prime minister, apologized for Labour's failure to take a harder line against Israel at the start of its military campaign in Gaza, and said Britain must now increase pressure on the Israeli government. "I know many people feel that at the start of Israel's military action in Gaza my party didn't get it right and I am sorry about that," Burnham said in an interview with The Guardian. He said Britain had been late to call for a ceasefire and that Labour needed to do better under his leadership. Burnham said he would consider further sanctions on Israeli individuals and entities and a possible ban on trade in goods from what he called "illegal settlements." He acknowledged Britain had already recognized Palestinian statehood, sanctioned Israeli ministers and what he called "violent settlers," and restricted arms licenses so that British-made munitions could not be used by the IDF, but said those measures had not gone far enough. He described the suffering in Gaza as a "scar on our collective conscience," criticized what he called a surge in settler violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and said Netanyahu's government was seeking to make a two-state solution impossible. Starmer announced his resignation as prime minister and Labour leader on June 22 after heavy Labour losses in local elections, and remains in office until a successor is chosen. Nominations opened today, and the contest is due to conclude before the summer recess.