Trump Sees ‘Positive Momentum’ Toward Ending Iran Conflict

 

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Trump Sees ‘Positive Momentum’ Toward Ending Iran Conflict Read Now Trump Reportedly Agrees to Allow Iran to Enrich Uranium Read Now WATCH: ‘God’s Hand will Continue to be on the Jewish People,’ Says Huckabee Watch Now Massie Moves to Impeach Hegseth Over Iran Military Campaign Read Now Russian Military Intelligence Chief Makes Secret Visit to Israel Read Now Trump Questions Legitimacy of Midterm Elections Read Now WATCH: ‘You Cannot Fight Radical Islam if It’s Within Your Own Government,’ Charges Netanyahu Watch Now WATCH: 'Israel Would not Exist Without Donald Trump' - Do You Agree? Watch Now US Pushing Israel to Implement Gaza Peace Plan Read Now Rubio Blasts Iran's ‘Outrageous and Ridiculous’ Demands Read Now Trump says more US attacks on Iran 'highly unlikely' Donald Trump has said "Iran militarily is effectively over", and said that there is "positive momentum" behind negotiations to end the Middle East conflict. "We're just keeping it the status quo," the US president said on Monday. "And we're doing that really at the behest of countries that are their neighbours." Addressing reporters from the White House press briefing room, Trump said that renewed US attacks on Iran were "highly unlikely" but that the US was "locked and loaded" should the circumstances change. Iranian officials have repeatedly expressed doubts about Trump's prior comments about resolving the conflict. This is not the first time that Trump has said the Iran war is "militarily" over, but the circumstances for him are different now. The president has hinted at de-escalation in Iran after a bruising set of midterm election results for the Republicans last week, which senior figures including Vice-President JD Vance blamed on the Iran war. FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5yny4nl2d3o France accuses Iran of supermarket fridge hacking France has accused Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of being behind cyber-attacks that raised the temperatures of supermarket fridges and freezers across the country last month. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the attack was "unprecedented in both its scale and its level of aggression", adding those who were responsible would be hit with sanctions. Iran has yet to respond officially, but some Iranian media outlets have dismissed the allegations as baseless. The French hacking, which led to the destruction of tons of frozen and chilled food in France was followed by a similar attack against supermarkets across several other European countries. It is not known if the instances are linked. Barrot said the attack on France's supermarkets "marks the first large-scale cyber-attack aimed at sabotage on our national territory, and it constitutes a major attack on the nation's interests and the security of the French people". He said the government had summoned the Iranian ambassador to Paris to "lodge a very strong protest against this extremely grave act". France will take "any other necessary and proportionate measures" to respond to the incident and "deter anyone who might seek to repeat it", Barrot added. The Paris prosecutor said an investigation had been opened into the head of an offensive cyber unit associated with the IRGC as well as his two deputies. Laure Beccuau named the unit as Shahid Kaveh, which she said had an affiliation with the electronic and cyber centre of the IRGC. FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmg474vk6dyqo Aramco Tower hit in heart of Saudi capital as Houthis launch fresh strikes The Aramco Tower, a skyscraper in the Saudi Arabian capital's central financial district, had been hit by an air attack. A statement issued via the Houthi-controlled Saba news agency confirmed the group had targeted Riyadh's business zone on Saturday, without mentioning the Aramco Tower by name. The Saudi energy ministry said the tower had suffered only "minor damage" and no one had been killed or injured. Footage authenticated by BBC Verify shows more extensive damage to the building, with at least one floor appearing to have been badly hit by a missile or drone strike. Windows on more than one level appear to have been shattered by the strike. The Houthis also said Riyadh's airport and Aramco oil storage facilities were targeted in separate strikes. Saudi Arabia said its air defences had intercepted and destroyed several missiles. The strikes were the latest claimed by the Yemen-based armed group against targets deep inside Saudi Arabia, which the Gulf power has struggled to contain in recent months. It came a day after the Houthis accused a Saudi-led coalition of killing at least 33 people, including women and children, in an air strike on Yemen. Footage broadcast by Houthi-run television channel Al Masirah showed rescuers pulling bodies from the rubble of several buildings in al-Shariyah, a town to the east of the capital, Sanaa. Saba said 39 people had been injured in the strike. Saudi Arabia has not commented. FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6ly3mjx958eo