Here’s a rundown of all the news you need to start your Tuesday, including Iran saying Qatar to present the US with new ideas aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the UK foreign minister denouncing the Netanyahu government over Gaza, Sudan calling for an end to foreign interference, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying a suspected UK airbase plot involved a 'foreign actor.'
Qatari mediators will present the US with new ideas discussed with Tehran on how to meet Iran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, adding a final response from Washington could come Tuesday.
Speaking to Iranian reporters in New York, Araghchi said he met again with Qatari mediators and discussed possible ways to facilitate implementation of Tehran’s conditions.
“They had ideas, and we discussed how a way could be found to meet Iran’s conditions and how those conditions could be fulfilled,” he said, according to the official IRNA news agency.
UK Foreign Minister Ed Miliband called the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank “a stain on the conscience of the world.”
Delivering a sharp criticism at Labour’s annual conference, Miliband said the suffering caused by the Israeli government “cannot justify” the actions that have followed.
He received a large round of applause from the conference hall as he condemned the suffering of Palestinians and set out a tougher approach towards the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Sudan called for an end to foreign interference and urged the disarmament of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
“Foreign interference must end, and the terrorist militia (RSF) must be dismantled and disarmed to achieve stability in the country,” Sudanese Foreign Minister Mohieddin Salem said in a speech at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Sudan's Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was scheduled to address the assembly on Monday, but the US "prevented this by not issuing him an entry visa," Salem said, calling for an investigation into Washington's refusal to allow al-Burhan to participate in the UN General Assembly.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that a suspected plot near a British military base used by the US involved "the hands of a foreign actor."
Rubio, speaking to Fox News, said the incident over the weekend was “a very serious situation” and suggested that additional information about the suspected foreign involvement could emerge in the coming days.
“There’s some things I cannot say on the air for a lot of different reasons,” he said.
"Suffice it to say that what happened, what almost happened, what could have happened in the UK over the weekend is a very serious situation. It’s one that clearly involves the hands of a foreign actor."
Italy defeated Türkiye 4-1 while France claimed a late 1-0 victory over Belgium as UEFA Nations League Group A1 continued with Matchday 2 action Monday.
Alessandro Bastoni opened the scoring in the ninth minute, powering home from a corner before Davide Frattesi doubled Italy's advantage in the 22nd minute. Michael Kayode then scored his first international goal five minutes later.
Türkiye pulled one back shortly after the restart as Oguz Aydin capitalized on Gianluigi Donnarumma coming off his line and squared the ball for Baris Alper Yilmaz to fire into an empty net in the 47th minute. But Italy quickly restored their three-goal advantage through Pio Esposito in the 50th minute.
In the group's other match, France beat Belgium 1-0 in Brussels through a late Michael Olise goal, building on their 1-0 away victory over Türkiye in the opening round.
LeBron James declined to speculate about retirement Monday as he prepares for his record-extending 24th NBA season, saying he is focused on the present following his move to the Philadelphia 76ers.
"I'm not going to speak to the future right now; I'd be doing myself a disservice," the 41-year-old said at the Sixers' media day.
"I'm just living in the moment, especially knowing where I am in my career.
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has renewed her claim of innocence in a message published from prison, weeks before the release of a documentary offering an intimate look at her life before incarceration.
Theranos, which collapsed in fraud after it was revealed that its proprietary technology did not actually work.
Holmes said she had spent 1,216 “endless days and nights” in prison and explained that her social media account had been operated by loved ones during her incarceration
British singer Rod Stewart announced that his 2027 UK and European arena tour will be his last, ending more than six decades of touring.
The 81-year-old’s The Final Encore tour will begin at Dublin’s 3Arena on April 23 before visiting Belfast, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, and London.
Following further dates across Europe, the tour is scheduled to conclude at the ZAG Arena in Hanover, Germany, on July 24.
OpenAI said that it is scrapping the release of its newest next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model over safety concerns, according to media reports.
The move comes in the wake of recent industry-wide instances of rogue AI models conducting cyberattacks on their own.
OpenAI nixed the plans because of concerns researchers raised during its internal testing, which makes the decision one of the clearest instances that AI's autonomous misbehavior could halt the industry's lightning-fast progression of artificial intelligence development.
American aerospace company SpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket from its facility in Texas, marking the vehicle’s first operational mission to deploy satellites into Earth's orbit.
The launch from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas was the 14th flight of the Starship system, but the first intended to reach orbit. The previous 13 flights followed suborbital trajectories.
The mission is carrying 26 next-generation Starlink Version 3 satellites, which SpaceX plans to deploy during the flight. The satellites are designed to provide greater capacity for Starlink, the company’s satellite internet service.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that he hopes the problem of rogue AI agents is an engineering challenge, warning that if it is not, it would not be solvable.
Asked in a TV interview with broadcaster CNBC whether AI agents that escape containment and carry out mysterious or even illegal actions constituted an engineering problem, Huang said he believed the risks could be addressed technically.
“We hope it’s an engineering problem. I believe it’s an engineering problem ... If it’s not an engineering problem, it’s not solvable,” he told CNBC's Squawk Box.
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