U.S. Department of State

European leaders agreed in Dublin on 13 Nov that Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and EU institutions will represent Europe in future Ukraine peace talks, according to European Council President Antonio Costa. Costa said Europe must speak with one clear voice. The Kremlin said Russia would welcome European participation only if those countries genuinely contribute to peace. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said there is no need to discuss Europe's security architecture because Europe already has one. US negotiator Jared Kushner said he had begun talks with European partners on that architecture. Forty European countries signed a declaration in Dublin saying matters of European security should be decided with Europe.

A superseding indictment unsealed on Tuesday charges three men with supporting terrorism in nearly twenty planned attacks on Jewish sites in Europe and the United States and a foiled plot against the British air base RAF Fairford where U.S. forces are stationed. The indictment names Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al‑Saadi, a dual Iranian‑Iraqi national held in Brooklyn, Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian, and Mohammad Ali al‑Hassani, an Iraqi, and alleges they acted for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iraqi militia Kata'ib Hezbollah.

President Donald Trump said the United States will not carry out further attacks on Iran for now, after a reported strike on Qeshm Island, while saying the military remains ready. He said Gulf allies including Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait prefer no new attacks. Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days if Washington accepts a set of conditions. The U.S. describes its counter-blockade on Iranian ports as continuing, and a White House spokesperson said the naval blockade will persist. On 13 Nov, Trump said the United States does not need a deal with Iran.

Democrats won control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the US midterm elections, a result that sends a message calling for a check on President Donald Trump's power. Vice President JD Vance said voter opposition to the war with Iran caused the Republican loss, and Trump said he largely agrees. The Iran conflict began after US-Israeli airstrikes in late February 2026 and has cost at least $38 billion and killed 19 Americans. Trump said he would soon decide whether to make a deal with Tehran or order new strikes, and he called Qatar's emir to discuss ending the conflict.

Flávio Bolsonaro, a senator who lost Brazil's 25 Oct presidential runoff to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, arrived at Opa-locka Executive Airport near Miami on Wednesday, 29 Oct, after leaving Brazil via Argentina and Ecuador. A Gulfstream G400 jet carried the family, and the operation was reportedly planned before the runoff. Brazilian police had cancelled his passports as part of a money laundering and corruption investigation, which he denies. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was not directly involved in the departure arrangements.