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ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, told the U.N.

Security Council.

Mike Waltz's comments were echoed by the White House press secretary as the Associated Press and the New York Times reported that leaders across the Middle East have been making the case to the U.S.

president not to strike Iran.

Meanwhile, Iran's deputy representative to the U.N., Ghulam Hossein Darzi, delivered this warning to the American administration.

The deputy Iranian ambassador to the UN was also speaking at the Security Council meeting as Fox News reported that the US is moving an aircraft carrier to the Middle East with more assets expected to arrive in the coming days.

The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has given her Nobel Peace Prize medal to the U.S.

president at a meeting in the White House.

In a social media post hours later, Trump called the gesture a great honor and described Machado as a wonderful woman.

Speaking to reporters, the politician and activist said that the presentation had historic significance.

Maria Karina Machado speaking there after President Trump previously said that he didn't believe that she had support or respect in Venezuela and cleared the way for the vice president, Delce Rodriguez, to become acting president.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has said that the award cannot be shared or transferred.

Wall Street's five biggest banks reported a record $134 billion of trading revenue last year, and they say more is coming.

Morgan Stanley's CEO and chairman, Ted Pick, led the optimism.

Debt bankers at Ted Pix Morgan Stanley increased revenue by 93% in the fourth quarter, capping a record year.

The turbulent Trump administration has kept investors on edge, but for bank traders that has kept paying off as clients rush to reposition their portfolios.

Goldman Sachs' CEO David Solomon says that deal-making has also taken off.

Shares of both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley rose the most since April after they published their results.

But despite the bumper year and strong forecasts, there were also warnings of enormous amounts of risk and possible AI-related job cuts ahead.

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