US Iran War News LIVE Updates: Xi Jinping calls further Middle East hostilities ‘inadvisable’ in meeting with Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping inspect an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (Photo/AP)
US Iran War News LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping called further hostilities in the Middle East “inadvisable” and urged a comprehensive ceasefire during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, reported state media. “A comprehensive ceasefire is of utmost urgency, resuming hostilities is even more inadvisable and maintaining negotiations is particularly important,” Xi told Putin, according to Xinhua news agency.
US Senate advances resolution to block Trump’s further strikes on Iran: Four Republican senators joined Democrats to advance a resolution seeking to block US President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran. Four Republicans — Sens. Rand Paul (Kentucky), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Bill Cassidy (Louisiana) — shook hands with Democrats to discharge a war powers resolution from committee. The move marks the first step towards pushing Trump to bring the war to an end, which Congress never authorised. Sen. John Fetterman (Pennsylvania) was the only Democrat to vote no.
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Donald Trump says Iran war will end ‘very quickly’, claims Tehran wants deal ‘so badly’: Meanwhile, Trump said that the United States “will end the war very quickly” with Iran as Tehran wants to “make a deal so badly”. “We’re going to end that war (the war with Iran) very quickly. They want to make a deal so badly, they’re tired of this. This should have happened for 47 years. Somebody should have done something about it. And it’s going to happen and it’s going to happen fast. And you’re going to see oil prices plummet. They’re going to come down. There’s so much oil out there. They’re going to come plummeting down. But even with that, the stock market’s at an all-time high,” the US president said. He earlier told reporters that America may need to attack Iran again and that he was only an hour away from deciding on a strike before the American military postponed Tuesday’s attack after the Gulf nations urged Washington that “serious negotiations” are underway to end the war.
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