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Trump's Shadow Looms Over Talks on Ukraine, Iran

Warner Bros. Discovery announced Tuesday it would resume acquisition talks with Paramount Skydance, while high-stakes talks between the U.S. and Iran, mediated by Oman, commenced in Geneva, Switzerland, under the shadow of potential military action. Simultaneously, the third round of talks between Russia and Ukraine, brokered by the U.S., also began in Geneva, as strikes continued in Ukraine.

Warner Bros. Discovery's decision to re-engage with Paramount Skydance followed Netflix's decision to allow Warner seven days to explore a new offer. According to CBS News, Warner Bros. Discovery said it would discuss Paramount Skydance's $30 per share bid and clarify terms of the deal. A "senior representative" for Paramount Skydance informed a member of Warner's board that they would raise their bid to $31 per share and potentially enhance the offer further. Paramount Skydance has maintained its bid is financially superior to Netflix's $27.75 per share offer.

In Geneva, U.S. and Iranian negotiators convened for talks focusing on Tehran's nuclear program. However, the discussions were overshadowed by President Trump's threat of military action if a deal couldn't be reached. According to CBS News, Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in December that the U.S. would support Israeli strikes on Iran's ballistic missile program if negotiations failed.

Also in Geneva, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, led American negotiators in talks concerning Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the U.S. standoff with Iran, according to ABC News. These talks on Ukraine were in a trilateral format, including American, Ukrainian, and Russian representatives. The talks followed two rounds of recent negotiations in the United Arab Emirates, which participants described as constructive.

Meanwhile, the third round of Russia-Ukraine talks took place a week before the fourth anniversary of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to BBC World. Expectations for a breakthrough remained low, as Moscow had not wavered from its demands for Ukrainian territory. Russia's strikes on Ukraine continued nightly, damaging the country's power grid amid subzero temperatures.

In related news, Hillary Clinton accused the Trump administration of a "cover-up" regarding files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to BBC World. Clinton made the comments during a BBC interview in Berlin, where she attended the annual World Forum. The White House insisted it had done "more for the victims than Democrats ever have" by releasing the files. Millions of new files relating to Epstein were released by the U.S. Department of Justice earlier this month.

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