Live Updates: Trump says U.S. keeping Iran war at "status quo" but warns American military "locked and loaded"

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59% : In September she wrote to the 27 EU member states to ask them to boost their contributions to the initiative."About one-third of European operations depend on Italy's contribution," said Crosetto.
53% : Pending discussions with member states, we, as the European Union, stand ready to come with a swift and united response," EU spokesman Anouar El Anouni said.The Paris prosecutor's office said Monday that French officials believed a cyber unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had carried out the Oct. 11 hacks that caused temperatures in refrigeration units at some 700 grocery stores to surge, wasting tons of food and causing about 20 fires.CBS/AFP 6:56 AM
48% : 12:01 PM European Union nations have not made any commitments on bolstering security in the Red Sea, Italy's defense minister said Tuesday."I have yet to see anything concrete," Guido Crosetto told the Reuters news agency.Crosetto in September called on the EU to boost security as part of its Aspides mission, the aim of which is to protect commercial shipping from coming under fire by Iran or its Yemeni allies, the Houthi rebels, in the Red Sea and surrounding waters.The Houthis intensified attacks in the Red Sea, targeting Saudi-linked vessels over the summer, in response to Saudi Arabia's backing of Yemeni government forces in the country's decade-long civil war.Crosetto told Reuters that despite the lack of progress, the EU's senior diplomat Kaja Kallas "fully understood" the importance of the request.
48% : The United Nations' international nuclear watchdog agency carried out an inspection of an Iranian nuclear site, the country's foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday.Esmaeil Baqaei told Iranian journalists that the International Atomic Energy Agency conducted an inspection "a few days ago" in the city of Bushehr, which is home to the country's only civilian nuclear power plant.President Trump has previously said he launched the war alongside Israel in February to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
41% : U.S. benchmark crude also fell, down 1.5% early Monday to $89.56 per barrel.Oil prices have been up significantly since the U.S. and Israel launched the war with Iran, and Iran responded by attacking and threatening commercial ships in the key energy supply routes of the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz.
40% : The European Union said Tuesday that it was ready to mount a fast and "united response" after France blamed Iran for a cyberattack that targeted hundreds of grocery stores in the country last month."We acknowledge that France has attributed this to Iran.
36% : But Iran has continued to claim daily attacks on commercial vessels that use those shipping lanes, both with missiles and sea mines.On Iran's nuclear program, much of it was seriously damaged a year before the U.S. and Israel launched the current war, when they carried out a series of previous strikes in June 2025.
29% : "Time to SURRENDER to the seven conditions Iran has repeatedly set out."President Trump told reporters in Washington on Monday that he believed the war with Iran "militarily, is effectively over," suggesting that, for now, he is not prepared to resume airstrikes.Iran's longstanding demands, which Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed this week as "unacceptable," include an end to the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and vessels, an end to fighting on all fronts, including Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, the lifting of sanctions on Iranian oil and gas sales and release of Iranian state funds held abroad, war reparations and other measures.CBS/AFP 7:27 AM

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