May 5, 2026

The EU and UK announced on Monday that they are entering negotiations for London to join the bloc’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine, months after similar talks over Britain’s participation in the EU’s defence loan scheme ended in failure.   The loan, greenlit in April after months of Hungarian blockage, is meant to cover roughly…

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday the U.S. response to Tehran’s 14‑point peace proposal remains under review, stressing that negotiations will focus solely on ending the war, Reuters reports.   At his weekly news conference in Tehran, spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei dismissed speculation about uranium enrichment or nuclear materials, saying such issues are not on the…