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Between 23-24 May 2026, negotiators brokered a draft deal—still unsigned—under which Iran would relinquish its >400 kg stock of highly-enriched uranium and ease its closure of the Strait of Hormuz in return for a phased end to the U.S. blockade and other terms.
Between 25–26 May 2026 negotiators in Doha produced a memorandum that would have Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days and surrender its 440 kg of 60 %-enriched uranium in exchange for the U.S. lifting its naval blockade—talks that both sides now say could be concluded "within days" even as the U.S. carried out fresh "self-defense" strikes inside Iran.
On 26 May 2026, U.S. forces hit Iranian missile sites and sank two IRGC boats allegedly laying mines near the Strait of Hormuz, the first American action inside Iran since the April 8 cease-fire, even as Iranian negotiators landed in Doha to finalise a 60-day truce extension.
On 23–24 May 2026 Washington, Tehran and mediator Pakistan settled on a 14-point draft that both governments say is “largely negotiated,” giving leaders 48 hours to approve a deal that trades full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz for Iran surrendering its >400 kg stockpile of near-weapons-grade uranium.
On 24 May 2026, Moscow mounted the war’s largest air strike, firing roughly 600 drones and 90 missiles—including the hypersonic, nuclear-capable Oreshnik—at Kyiv, killing at least four and injuring more than 80.
On 24 May 2026, Emmanuel Macron phoned Alexander Lukashenko for the first time since Russia’s 2022 invasion, warning that Belarus will face serious consequences if it drifts further into Moscow’s war and urging him to repair ties with the EU.
On 24 May 2026 U.S. and Iranian negotiators finalized a draft 60-day memorandum that swaps Iran’s immediate mine-clearing and toll-free reopening of the Strait of Hormuz for U.S. suspension of its port blockade and targeted oil-export sanctions waivers, with an announcement expected within days.
Washington and Tehran, after 46 days of cease-fire, signalled that a 14-clause memorandum prepared by Pakistan could be finalised within 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and suspend the three-month war.
On 22–23 May 2026 President Volodymyr Zelensky sent EU leaders a letter flatly rejecting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s plan to give Ukraine non-voting “associate” status as a bridge to full EU membership, calling it “unfair.”
On 22 May 2026, following a night-time drone attack that Moscow says killed six and wounded 39 at a student dormitory in Russian-held Starobilsk, President Vladimir Putin told his generals to draft options for retaliation and pushed for an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
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