Trump Says Xi Offered Help on Iran Peace | 'First Day of Lebanon-Israel Talks Positive' | HEADLINES

Added: 2026-05-15

[00:00:00]Hello, and a very warm welcome. You're watching Beyond World is One. I'm Adya Janesza. Let's start this show by [music] looking at the headlines.

[00:00:10]President [music] Xi would like to see a deal made. We would US President Donald Trump says Chinese leader Xi Jinping [music] told him in meeting that Beijing would like to be of help in negotiating an end to [music] the Iran war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz to oil shipments.

[00:00:33]US seeks to extend a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon as ambassadors from the two countries hold the first of two days [music] talk at the State Department with Israel bringing along military officers.

[00:00:53]Hundreds of Israeli nationalists marched through Jerusalem's Old City during the annual Jerusalem Day event with some chanting [music] anti-Arab slogans as many Palestinian residents stayed indoors.

[00:01:14]Iraqi lawmakers [music] approve a new government led by Prime Minister Ali Allawi Az-Zaydi who vows to ensure a state monopoly on weapons amid growing US pressure to dismantle Tehran-backed [music] groups.

[00:01:35]At least 21 people killed in large-scale Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv. [music] Ukraine says Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight with air defenses intercepting most of them.

[00:02:11]>> [snorts] >> Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says United [music] States should lift its blockade on the country rather than offer aid to the island. His comments follow your Secretary of State Marco Rubio's renewed offer of $100 million in aid to Cuba.

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[00:02:35]Interest rate futures [music] show the next Fed move being a rate hike. While the odds of the Fed cutting rates before July 2027 [music] are at a mere 1%. Bets show the Fed is left with no option but to hike as inflation hits >> [music] >> its highest level since 2023.