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Iran's Hormuz talks and nuclear warning, G20 diplomacy on Russia and Poland's court standoff

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says talks are under way on a two-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as security chief Mohsen Rezaei says Tehran is debating its nuclear weapons ban if war resumes. Rubio says he discussed a possible Trump-Putin encounter at APEC with Lavrov, and says Washington is reviewing Turkish and Indian proposals on Black Sea grain shipments. Syria weighs joining the Mecca pact. The European Commission urges President Nawrocki to validate the judges elected by the Sejm. Allies restate North Korea denuclearization, youth protests reach Germany, and COP17 ends without a funding deal.

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Today's facts

  1. Araghchi says talks under way on two-day plan to reopen Hormuz as Iran's security chief says Tehran is debating its nuclear weapons ban (Tehran)
  2. Rubio says he discussed a possible Trump-Putin encounter at APEC with Lavrov on G20 sidelines (Atlanta)
  3. Rubio says US reviewing Turkish and Indian Black Sea grain proposals (Atlanta and Istanbul)
  4. Syria weighs joining the Mecca defense pact (Manama)
  5. Constitutional Tribunal standoff: Brussels urges Nawrocki to validate judges (Warsaw)
  6. North Korea denuclearization reaffirmed by US, South Korea and Japan (Atlanta)
  7. Youth protests against military service spread to Germany (Germany)
  8. Biodiversity deal without a funding agreement at COP17 (Yerevan)

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October 2026

  • Washington wants Ukraine settled so it can concentrate on Iran, and pays for it by pressing Kyiv and considering a three-way meeting with Putin and Xi.

  • Iran's war is costing Washington twice: Egypt offers Riyadh military help and Riyadh invokes the China-brokered accord while American forces are tied to Hormuz, and Trump's fuel-price fix frees Russian diesel at Ukrai...

  • With Hormuz closed, energy is now the instrument of everything: allies lent Washington 100 million barrels through the International Energy Agency, and Moscow offers oil for a hearing on Ukraine while it bombards Kyiv.

September 2026

  • Washington rejected Tehran's offer on Hormuz and let Europe protect Saudi oil, while it extended a truce with Xi Jinping and wrote artificial-intelligence rules with Beijing alone.

  • The AI companies ask for a coordinated slowdown and Trump refuses, because both accept that whoever reaches general intelligence first wins permanently.

  • The BRICS summit in New Delhi showed a counterweight forming outside the Western order, while the American war on Iran rationed protection for allies and handed the oil price to whoever controls the straits.

  • On Saturday, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Vladimir Putin in Moscow with a written plan to end the war in Ukraine, under a reciprocal three-day pause on strikes on Kyiv and Moscow, before travelling to...