UN nuclear watchdog finds Iran in breach of nuclear obligations
The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors on Thursday formally found that Iran is not complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions and set in motion an effort to restore United Nations sanctions on Tehran later this year.
Nineteen countries on the International Atomic Energy Agency's board, which represents the agency's member nations, voted for the resolution, according to diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the outcome of the closed-door vote.
Russia, China and Burkina Faso opposed it, 11 abstained ,and two did not vote.
In the draft resolution seen by media outlets, the board of governors renews a call on Iran to provide answers 'without delay' in a long-running investigation into uranium traces found at several locations that Tehran has failed to declare as nuclear sites.
Western officials suspect that the uranium traces could provide evidence that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons program until 2003.
The resolution was put forward by France, the UK, Germany and the United States.
Iran's government did not immediately respond to the vote, though it has threatened to retaliate immediately.
Our journalists are working on this story and will update it as soon as more information becomes available.
A curfew is in place for a second night in downtown Los Angeles after a full week of clashes between protesters and authorities sparked by immigration raids in the city.
Police detained more than 20 people on the first night of the curfew, mostly for violating the lockdown.
A demonstration in Los Angeles' civic centre just before the start of the second night of the city's curfew briefly turned chaotic when police in riot gear — many on horseback — charged at a group as police used projectiles to break up hundreds of demonstrators.
The city's nightly lockdown will remain in effect as long as necessary, according to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
'If there are raids that continue, if there are soldiers marching up and down our streets, I would imagine that the curfew will continue,' Bass said.
More than 400 people have been arrested by Los Angeles police since Saturday, the vast majority for violating the restriction on movement in the area. Prosecutors have charged three others for possession of a gun, a Molotov cocktail and assault against a police officer.
As the overnight curfew began, Bass wrote on X that it was designed to "stop bad actors who are taking advantage of the president's chaotic escalation".
She earlier blamed the demonstrations on Trump's immigration raids, claiming that the move had "provoked residents". "A week ago, everything was peaceful," she told a news conference on Wednesday.
Los Angeles was "part of a national experiment to determine how far the federal government can go in taking over power from a local government, from a local jurisdiction," she suggested.
Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles area banded together to demand that the Trump administration stop the immigration raids.
Trump however, showed no sign of heeding their pleas. A total of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines have been deployed by the US president to squash the unrest, despite objection from California's Democratic governor Gavin Newsom.
Around 500 of the National Guard troops deployed in LA were trained to accompany agents on immigration raids, Major General Scott Sherman said Wednesday.
'We are expecting a ramp-up,' Sherman said.
Newsom has asked a federal court to put an emergency stop on the military helping immigration agents in LA.
The Trump administration called the lawsuit a 'crass political stunt endangering American lives" in its official response on Wednesday. The city 'would be burning to the ground' if he had not sent in the military, Trump said.
The military is now closer to engaging in law enforcement actions such as deportations. The Guard has the authority to detain people who attack officers temporarily, but any arrests must be made by law enforcement.
On Wednesday, demonstrations spread to other cities including Dallas and Austin in Texas and Chicago, where thousands rallied and more arrests were made — including 86 in New York.
In Texas, police in Austin used chemical irritants to disperse several hundred demonstrators on Monday. Republican Governor Greg Abbott's office said Texas National Guard troops were 'on standby" in areas where demonstrations are planned.
A 66-year-old woman in Chicago was injured when she was struck by a car during downtown protests Tuesday evening, police said.
Sherman noted that protests across the nation were being discussed. 'I'm focused right here in LA, what's going on right here. But you know, I think we're, we're very concerned.'
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