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Iran and US to Hold Nuclear Talks Amid Regional Tensions; Zelenskyy Reveals Ukrainian Military Losses
Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Iran and the United States are scheduled to hold nuclear talks in Oman on Friday, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The announcement, made Wednesday, came after indications that the anticipated talks were faltering, and some media reports that they had been cancelled over changes in the format and content of the talks, Euronews reported. The talks occur against a backdrop of heightened tensions following Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests last month.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam expressed his support for renewed US-Iran talks and any efforts to promote stability in the region. "I want to emphasise that the question of war and peace is in the hands of the government and solely of the government," Salam told Euronews' EU editor Maria Tadeo at the World Governments Summit on Wednesday. He emphasized the need to avoid an "all-out war" in the Middle East.
Separately, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed that 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the war with Russia. Zelenskyy shared the figures, which are rarely made public, during an exclusive interview with French public broadcaster France 2 on Wednesday. He reflected on the military situation, diplomatic prospects, and the human losses suffered by his country since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
In Norway, Marius Borg Hoiby, the 29-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, denied that videos on his phone showed acts of rape during his trial for rape and domestic violence. Sky News reported that Hoiby broke down during his testimony on Wednesday, stating that his mother's position as Crown Princess meant that he had "an extreme need for affirmation." Hoiby faces years in prison if found guilty of the most serious of the 38 charges against him.
Also surfacing this week were details regarding Jeffrey Epstein's repeated attempts to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Sky News, emails from 2013 onwards show Epstein made several bids to meet Putin through former Norwegian PM Thorbjorn Jagland. While Putin's name appears more than 1,000 times in the files, there is no evidence the two ever met, and the inclusion does not imply any wrongdoing.
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