Trump expects new Iran talks this week after he rejects latest offer
President Donald Trump rejected Iran's latest set of demands but says he expects talks with Tehran to continue as soon as this week, according to an Axios report.
Police confirm new details about UK terror suspects
U.K. authorities say they are pursuing "new lines of enquiry" on Monday after the arrest of five terror suspects related to an alleged plot at a U.S. Air Force bomber base.
Britain's Counter Terrorism Police confirmed that the suspects are all male and "U.K. Nationals" between the ages of 23 and 25, but didn't offer any other identifying information. The arrests took place just miles from RAF Fairford air base.
"Specially trained CTP investigators have been examining the scene overnight and have been carrying out a range of activity, which have led to multiple new lines of enquiry," CTP said in a statement.
Senior CTP official Vicki Evans said the operation surrounding the arrests was "hugely complex" involving multiple law enforcement agencies.
“I am very aware of the levels of speculation about the motivation behind this incident, and the geopolitical questions that are being raised. However, I ask that at this time, Counter Terrorism Policing are given the space to work carefully and clearly," she said.
Bessent says Iran will have 'nothing left to trade' within two weeks as oil lifeline dries up
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent predicted Sunday that Iran will complete its remaining oil shipments to China within two weeks, leaving Tehran with "nothing left to trade for anything" as the Trump administration intensifies its economic pressure campaign against the regime.
Bessent said only about 15 million barrels of Iranian oil remain out for delivery now that the U.S. is blockading the ports, describing the dwindling shipments as evidence that Operation Economic Outcast has left Tehran economically isolated.
"They will have nothing to trade for anything, probably within the next two weeks. They are going to make their final deliveries of oil to China, and then they will have nothing," he said.
The Treasury chief said he believed Iran was "feeling the pressure," leading to their renewed interest in striking a deal. President Donald Trump rejected Tehran's latest proposal on Saturday, telling Axios on Sunday that "they overplayed their hand."
"I expect more talks with Iran [this week]," Trump told the outlet during a phone interview. "They want to make a deal, but it is not the deal that I want to make. It is what we would have maybe agreed to a year ago. They overplayed their hand."
Tehran had offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a highly trafficked waterway in the region that is critical to global oil shipping. Bessent said it's already open.
"We're averaging now 15 to 22 million barrels a day. It was at about 20 pre-conflict . . . So think of it this way, Larry," he said. "The score is the United States, one billion — more than one billion barrels have gotten out — Iran, zero."
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Max Bacall.
Iran ‘miscalculating’ by betting on midterms after 3-hour talks, Trump officials warn
NEW YORK — Trump officials say Iran is miscalculating if it believes rising prices and the midterm elections will weaken President Donald Trump's hand in negotiations to end the nearly seven-month conflict.
The administration is projecting confidence that mounting economic pressure will push Tehran toward a deal, even after three hours of talks this week ended without an announced breakthrough.
"The president holds all of the cards here," State Department principal deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott told Fox News Digital in an on-camera interview on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
Americans, meanwhile, are facing a mounting cost at home. The national average for regular gasoline reached $4.49 per gallon Friday, according to AAA, up from $3.16 a year ago. AAA said volatility in the Strait of Hormuz and high crude oil prices have driven the national average to its highest level ever recorded for this time of year.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged those costs Wednesday while arguing that allowing Iran to eventually obtain a nuclear weapon would carry a far greater price.
"It comes at a price and at a cost, there's no doubt about it," Rubio told reporters. "But the cost of not doing something about it is substantially higher, especially for future generations."
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Morgan Phillips.
Iranian foreign minister says regime ready for diplomacy or war
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said the regime is fully ready for diplomacy or war as talks with the U.S. could resume this week.
Iranian Embassy in UK denies connection to alleged bombing suspects arrested near US air base
The Iranian Embassy in the U.K. denied any connection to five suspects arrested for an alleged bomb plot targeting a U.S. Air Force base in Britain on Monday.
"The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in London categorically rejects and strongly condemns the recent unfounded and malicious speculations published by some British individuals and media outlets attempting to link Iran to arrest of five suspects in the vicinity of RAF Fairford base," the Embassy wrote.
"The Circulation of such fabricated speculations, particularly in the aftermath of the criminal acts of aggression committed by the United States and the Israeli regime against the Iranian people, will serve no purpose other than to fuel Iranophobia propaganda in the U.K.," the statement continued.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran reserves the right to take appropriate legal measures, as necessary, to safeguard the rights and interests of the country and its people in response to misleading and damaging media narratives," it added.
CENTCOM blasts Iran's claim that it has full control over Strait of Hormuz: 'Iran has no navy'
U.S. Central Command denied claims from Tehran that Iranian forces maintain full control over the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
CENTCOM wrote in a post on X to respond to a claim by a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander.
"Iran has no navy because American forces sank it. And Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz as evidenced by the thousands of ships that have passed through freely along with more than 1 billion barrels of oil just over the past few months," CENTCOM wrote.
Gen Jack Keane: IDF is a highly skilled, motivated US ally
Ret. Gen. Jack Keane discussed his visit to Israel and Gaza and detailed his meetings with Israeli leaders and military officials on "Life, Liberty & Levin" on Sunday.
Keane emphasized that the Israeli Defense Forces remain a key ally for the U.S. in the Middle East and one of the most motivated to secure peace in the region.
Foiled terror plot at bomber base signals wider threat to US military installations: expert
Five men arrested near a key U.S. bomber base in the U.K. on Sunday may have planned a "complex," coordinated attack with potentially far-reaching security implications for American military installations globally, a former U.S. intelligence official warned.
As counterterrorism police investigated after officers detained the suspects near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, a former Pentagon official also said President Donald Trump would ultimately be the one to decide the consequences if indeed the "trail leads to Tehran."
The men were initially held on suspicion of offenses under Britain’s Explosives Act before being arrested on terrorism charges in connection with the airfield, a key U.S. Air Force hub and the primary European base for American strategic bombers.
On Sunday, Trump said U.S. authorities had been monitoring the suspects prior to their capture.
"We had them under investigation," Trump told reporters in Chicago. "They were looking to do big damage to our fort."
"It may have been Scotland Yard. I don't know. We worked with a lot of them. We had them under view for a long time, and we got them," Trump added.
According to Sky News, counterterrorism police were investigating whether Iran is linked to the suspected bomb plot.
Former Trump White House official Morgan Murphy told Fox News Digital that British authorities are leading the investigation alongside U.S. law enforcement and intelligence.
"Every phone, bank record and rental receipt will be run through British and American intelligence, and if the trail leads to Tehran, it will be found," Murphy clarified.
"But as American airmen and bombers seem to have been the target, Air Force investigators on the base, the FBI in London, and American intelligence will likely all work the case."
"If conclusive evidence proves Iran is behind an attempted attack on U.S. forces, the American president will ultimately decide how Tehran pays," Murphy added.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Emma Bussey.
Trump touts Iran war gains, leaves door open to more strikes before midterms
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he believes the war with Iran will be won “very soon,” while acknowledging that additional military strikes before the midterm elections are “possible.”
“I think what's going to happen is we're going to win this war very soon, and as soon as we win it, the oil will go down, way down to what it was before the war,” Trump said the PGA Tour Presidents Cup.
“And the key is, Iran will not have a nuclear weapon,” he added, saying nuclear deterrence was “key to the whole thing.”
When pressed further on Operation Economic Outcast and whether Washington was winning through military or economic means, Trump said the U.S. was succeeding on both fronts.
“I think both. I think we'll win it both ways. We've already won it really from a military standpoint,” he said.
“But that doesn't mean we've stopped that.”
“We're certainly winning it very big. If you look at their economy, it's gone.”
“They have no economy,” he said of Iran.
“The value of their money is, as they say, valueless. We have inflation. They have inflation now of close to 300%. I heard 318% as of this morning. 300, meaning their money is shot, their economy is shot, their military is shot. They're in trouble.”
Asked specifically whether military strikes could be back on the table before the midterm elections, Trump declined to rule them out.
“I don't want to say that. I don't want to say that. I mean, it's possible, but I just don't want to say that.”
Fox News' Emma Bussey contributed to this report.
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