Netanyahu to urge Trump to widen Iran talks beyond nuclear issue
President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday, where Netanyahu is expected to push for broader US talks with Iran that go beyond its nuclear programme. He wants any agreement to also restrict Tehran’s ballistic missiles and its support for armed proxies such as Hamas and Hezbollah. This will be their seventh meeting since Trump returned to office just over a year ago, and it follows indirect US Iran talks in Oman last week. Trump has warned he could order strikes on Iran if there is no deal, while Tehran has vowed to retaliate, raising fears of a wider regional war. Trump told US media that a good agreement would mean no nuclear weapons and no missiles for Iran and said he is considering sending a second US aircraft carrier strike group […]
