US Warns Iran At UN, China's Trading Clampdown, More
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US officials have renewed the threat of possible military action against Iran after President Trump suggested the country's regime may have averted strikes by pledging not to execute protesters. Here's what the US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, told the UN Security Council.
What warnings did the US give to Iran at the UN?
President Trump is a man of action. Not endless talk like we see at the United Nations. He has made it clear all options are on the table to stop the slaughter. And no one should know that better than the leadership of the Iranian regime.
Mike Walters' comments were echoed by the White House press secretary as the AP 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., Gullah Lozain Darzi, delivered this warning to the American administration.
Iran seeks neither escalation nor confrontation. However, any act of aggression, direct or indirect, will be met with a decisive, proportionate, and lawful response.
Ghulam Hossein Darzi, 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 heightened US-Iran rhetoric comes as Bloomberg Economics has found that Donald Trump is following through on a greater share of his threats in his second term as president. During his first term, Trump carried out around 40% of the threats he made. That's risen to 60% so far in his second administration. As Bloomberg's chief geoeconomics analyst Jennifer Welsh puts it, the shift suggests Tehran shouldn't bet on taco, referring to the popular investor shorthand for Trump always chickens out.
The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Karina 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 the presentation had historic parallels.
I presented the president of the United States the medal. Nobel Peace Prize. And 200 years in history, the people of Bolívar are giving back to the heir of Washington a medal, in this case a medal of the Nobel Peace Prize, as a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom.
Maria Corina Machado speaking there. After Donald Trump previously said that he didn't believe she had support or respect in Venezuela and cleared the way for the existing 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.
The results for every quarter over the last eight are a blueprint for Morgan Stanley's success.
We expect this mix of tailwinds and headwinds to prevail in 2026 and are prepared to continue to execute. The turbulent Trump administration has kept investors on edge, but for bank traders, that's paid off as clients rush to reposition their portfolios. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says dealmaking has also taken off.
I think the world is set up at the moment to be incredibly constructive in 2026 for M&A and capital markets activity. And I think the likely scenario is it is a very, very good year for M&A and capital markets activity.
Shares of both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley rose the most since April after they released their results. But despite the bumper year and strong forecast, there were also warnings of enormous amounts of risk and possible AI-related job cuts ahead.
China is clamping down on high-speed trading. According to Bloomberg sources, commodities futures exchanges in Shanghai and Guangzhou are among those who have told local brokers to remove servers dedicated to high-frequency traders that are located inside the exchanges' data centres.
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