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On 14 May 2026, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping began their first in-person summit of Trump’s second term in Beijing, reopening top-level US-China dialogue after a year of remote exchanges while a two-month Iran war and fragile trade truce hang in the balance.
A second successful launch of the liquid-fuel RS-28 Sarmat ICBM on 12 May 2026 removed a key technical hurdle and allowed President Putin to order the first Sarmat-equipped regiment into combat duty by year-end 2026, ending years of schedule slippage.
In the early hours of 14 May 2026, Moscow ended a three-day lull by unleashing a record 731 aerial weapons at Ukraine—mostly targeting Kyiv—with Ukrainian defenses claiming to neutralize 693 of them.
On 12 May 2026 Moscow carried out only the second confirmed flight of the RS-28 Sarmat super-heavy intercontinental missile and immediately announced its deployment on combat duty by year-end, the first such step since all U.S.–Russia nuclear limits lapsed in February.
On 11 May 2026, Donald Trump publicly labelled Tehran’s reply to Washington’s 14-point peace plan “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE,” freezing the first serious talks since the 28 February U.S.–Iran war began and immediately jolting oil markets.
On 12 May 2026, President Donald Trump broke four-decade U.S. practice by announcing he would discuss American weapons sales to Taiwan directly with Xi Jinping during his Beijing visit, injecting new uncertainty into the cross-Strait status quo.
On 11 May 2026, President Donald Trump declared Iran’s reply to Washington’s 14-point peace plan “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE” on Truth Social, abruptly stalling talks intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after ten weeks of war.
On 11 May 2026 the EU’s 27 foreign ministers unanimously approved travel bans and asset freezes on seven Israeli settler individuals/organisations and ten Hamas leaders, ending a prolonged blockage once Hungary’s new pro-EU prime minister lifted Budapest’s veto.
Washington confirmed Donald Trump will visit Beijing 13-15 May and hold formal talks with Xi Jinping on 14 May, seeking Chinese leverage to end the two-month Iran war without letting the dispute derail a fragile U.S.–China trade truce.
On 10 May 2026, President Donald Trump publicly dismissed Iran’s written counter-proposal for a war-ending cease-fire as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE,” halting the latest Pakistan-brokered diplomatic track.
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