Russia Accused of Dragging Out Talks, Lagarde's Future, More
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What are the latest developments in Russia-Ukraine talks?
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News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Karen Moscow. A second day of U.S. brokered meetings in Geneva between Russia and Ukraine broke up after barely 90 minutes. This is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of attempting to prolong the process. The head of Russia's delegation said the talks were difficult and businesslike, adding the next meeting will take place soon without specifying when. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Iran have made progress in nuclear talks in Geneva, and Stuart Livingstone-Wallace is head of Bloomberg's Middle East coverage.
I think both sides are taking it as a positive in the sense that they're still talking. The time frame seems to be that there will be a two-week pause where they're going to come up with some actual proposals. They're going to swap drafts, see if they can come to, I suppose, a more formal working document. Now, the real question here is, what exactly are the red lines for both sides. So the US has made it clear that it wants to talk about the nuclear file, which in itself is a pretty complex topic, but also wants to talk about missiles, wants to talk about the regional proxies that Iranian forces fund and provide with military supplies. On the Iranian side, they said they really only want to talk about the nuclear file.
And within that, there are red lines around its right to enrich the Iranian mature.
And that's Bloomberg's Stuart Livingstone-Wallace, who says the apparent diplomatic progress came despite growing military deployments in the Persian Gulf. There were reports this morning that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will step down from her role before it's scheduled to end. And we get details with Bloomberg's Ewan Potts. Ewan.
Karen, Christine Lagarde's eight-year term as boss of the European Central Bank is due to run until October 2027. But the FT reports today that Lagarde plans to step down before the French presidential election in April of next year, allowing current president Emmanuel Macron the chance to take part in selecting the ECB's next leader. The bank itself has issued a statement saying Lagarde is totally focused on her mission and has not taken any decision regarding the end of her term. In London, I'm Ewan Potts, Bloomberg Radio.
All right, Ewan, thank you. It's now 18 days into the search for Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy, and investigators are searching for fresh leads into her disappearance. A glove found near Guthrie's home in Tucson failed to match any DNA in the FBI's database. Investigators are processing search warrant evidence, canvassing gun shops, even working to see if they can track Nancy Guthrie through her pacemaker. Crews have pushed through mountainous wilderness in California near Lake Tahoe during a snowstorm to rescue six backcountry skiers who survived an avalanche but were trapped by its snow and ice. Nine others from their tour group remain missing. There's more fallout this morning from the Jeffrey Epstein Files, and Bloomberg's Alexis Christophorus has the latest from New York.
Two teachers unions are asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to look at a 2021 statement from Apollo Global Management about its contact with the late sex offender and whether it could be considered materially false or misleading. The Justice Department's latest files show Epstein corresponded with Apollo's then-CEO Leon Black, its current CEO Mark Rowan, and others in the firm. The American Federation of Teachers says Apollo's statement claims Black never promoted Epstein's services to other senior executives. And Apollo's spokesman says no one at the firm other than Black had a personal or business relationship with Epstein.
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