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Iran’s top diplomat says government is ready for talks with US on a nuclear deal

Abbas Araghchi suggests nuclear programme negotiations could begin imminently, after Trump moves US forces to region

Iran’s top diplomat has said the government is ready for negotiations with the US as the two countries reportedly prepared to send top envoys to Istanbul for high-stakes talks on the Iranian nuclear programme later this week.

As US warships and airpower have amassed in the region for a potential strike on Iran, the country’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, suggested that talks could take place imminently, adding that Iran’s “enemies … have now turned to diplomacy”. Donald Trump on Saturday said that Iranians were “seriously talking to us” as he hinted at a deal to avert military strikes against Tehran.

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© Photograph: Erdem Şahin/EPA

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Epstein and magician David Copperfield appeared to have ‘very close relationship’, newly released files say

A 2007 FBI memo said further investigation was needed to determine if they ‘engaged in referring possible victims to each other’. Copperfield has never been charged with illegal conduct and has denied any wrongdoing

FBI agents investigating David Copperfield in 2007 said that “a clear connection” existed between the famous illusionist and Jeffrey Epstein, according to documents released by the Department of Justice last week in the latest tranche of the Epstein files.

A 2007 FBI memo by agents in Seattle said further investigation of this “connection” was needed to “to determine if they [Copperfield and Epstein] both shared a predilection for minors” and “if they engaged in referring possible victims to each other”.

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Pakistan boycott shows growing divide between cricket’s commercial needs and political reality | Taha Hashim

Latest row to hit T20 World Cup raises difficult questions for the sport’s governing body, with lucrative TV deal to protect

The announcement on Sunday, fittingly, was made by Pakistan’s government, a reminder that this episode goes well beyond a game of cricket. In a post on X, the government approved the national side’s participation at this month’s T20 World Cup, but with a significant caveat.

“The Pakistan cricket team shall not take the field in the match scheduled on 15 February 2026 against India,” read the statement. The disintegration of this global tournament continues, that one line prompting serious concern for the sport’s economy. No further explanation was provided.

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Florida couple sue fertility clinic after being implanted with wrong embryo

Couple say they love their daughter immeasurably but have a moral obligation to try to find child’s biological parents

A couple is suing a Florida fertility clinic after learning that they were implanted with the wrong embryo, and are going public with their attempts to find their child’s biological parents.

Tiffany Score and Steven Mills have filed a lawsuit against IVF Life Inc, which operates as the Fertility Center of Orlando, and its lead physician, Dr Milton McNichol. The suit, which was initially filed under pseudonyms to protect their family’s privacy, states that three viable embryos were created with Score’s eggs and Mills’s sperm, and an embryo was successfully implanted in April 2025.

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