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Friday 23 October 2026
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President Donald Trump said talks with Iran were continuing only "a little bit" and that an outcome would come soon. The White House told ABC News the US would not attack Iran before the 3 November elections, as Israeli sources described joint plans for renewed strikes after the vote.
The IRGC Navy said four ships transferring oil were struck and three hit mines near the Strait of Hormuz, without naming them, and warned that continued US escorts would extend the conflict to US bases. President Donald Trump accused Tehran of inventing the attacks.
A federal magistrate judge in Florida ordered President Donald Trump to give a deposition in his defamation case against the BBC by 11 December or face the possibility of the case being dismissed, and ruled that it can be videotaped.
Asked whether he would describe Vladimir Putin as a humanitarian, as his envoy Steve Witkoff did after Russia freed American Stephen Hubbard, President Donald Trump said it applied to the release. Several Republican lawmakers criticised Witkoff's words.
In quotes posted on X from his interview with Steven Bartlett, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a ceasefire is "the only step" because "people's hatred isn't going anywhere", and said Trump should adopt towards Putin the rhetoric he uses about him.
Asked on Fox & Friends whether he would accept a deal freezing the war where it stands, with Ukraine keeping "75% or more" of its territory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said "Yes", calling a freeze the "minimum" needed from Russia before talks on security guarantees.
Speaking in the Oval Office, Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelensky "has to want to settle this war", that Russia "would like to get it done" and that he had asked Vladimir Putin at length to free US teacher Stephen Hubbard. On Iran, he said he had yet to decide whether to win "the nice way or the not nice way".
The Supreme Court declined to pause a federal judge's order that bars the Bureau of Prisons from enforcing a policy ending hormone therapy and other accommodations for transgender inmates. Justices Thomas and Alito would have granted the administration's request.
Vladimir Putin told Chinese Premier Li Qiang that Russia–China ties "are not directed against anyone" and said he would meet Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in Shenzhen in November. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a three-way meeting of the Russian, US and Chinese leaders was possible but had no clear agenda.
Israel's military prepared a multi-day bombing campaign against Iran for the weekend of 10 October, the Financial Times reported, citing three people familiar with the plans. It did not go ahead because President Donald Trump opposed restarting the war before the 3 November US midterm elections, the sources said.
In a Truth Social post, Donald Trump said new and large data centres are "mandated by me" to generate their own power and sell any surplus to the local grid, and told companies to pay host communities a "dividend" to win support.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Kiryat Shmona on Tuesday that Israel is committed to "the elimination of the Iranian regime" and that he had raised it with US President Donald Trump, most recently on Sunday.
Donald Trump shared coverage on Truth Social of an executive order he signed on Monday, US time, setting up a new Women's Health Division at the National Institutes of Health and a task force co-chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Susie Wiles.
US officials and people familiar with the matter told the newspaper that Elon Musk authorised last week's speed cap on the military-grade service Ukraine uses. Musk has said such limits are decided by the US military and the president, and the White House has said Donald Trump never requested them.
Donald Trump said on Truth Social that more than $300 million has already gone on advertising, rallies and get-out-the-vote work, citing events in France and Europe. He did not say whether the money is his own or from allied super PACs.
The Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program, run by the Justice Department, will pay tipsters whose information leads to a fraud conviction or major federal enforcement action, a White House official said.
Iran's foreign minister said ties with Russia were at a historic high following Sergey Lavrov's visit to Tehran, two days after President Trump wrote that Russia was doing 'very little, if anything' to help Iran.
Donald Trump posted passages from his Kansas rally speech on Truth Social, repeating his promise of $5,000 for every adult citizen if Republicans keep Congress. The Agriculture Department confirmed an $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief program.
Elon Musk said on Monday he will give one of his SpaceX shares to every child in the US next year. CNBC estimated the pledge at about $10.5 billion; Musk has not said how the shares would be distributed.
Speaking to reporters as he left the White House on Monday, US President Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelensky "doesn't know what he's talking about", suggested Ukraine find another negotiator and said he was open to a three-way meeting with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping focused on nuclear weapons.
The US President repeated a proposal he first made in September. He cannot rename a state himself; New Mexico's name is set in its constitution, and state officials from both parties have rejected the idea.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Bloomberg interview in Kyiv on Sunday that "steps have been taken to convince Ukraine to capitulate", citing Starlink limits and delayed Patriot deliveries. He proposed stopping strikes on Russian diesel facilities in exchange for more Patriot interceptors.
Officials said she is moving to a new role. Her exit followed a short first briefing and her acknowledgement that she had not passed the bar exam.
The US President gave Benjamin Netanyahu his "Complete and Total Endorsement" on Truth Social. Netanyahu thanked him; his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, said "only Israelis can choose their leader".
The President said signing "that document" now would drive Russia away from "the bargaining table". Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the measures were paused, not lifted; Ukraine's President said the waiver strengthens Russia.
The US President blamed immigration for the violence after Saturday's protests in France. French leaders have blamed far-left groups and criminals; no French government response to his post had been reported as of 10pm GMT.
Democrats lead by eight points in the race for the House two weeks before the midterms. Speaker Mike Johnson says he believes Republicans will keep their majority.
