CNBC reported senior ANTHROPIC executives met in Washington on Monday with Trump administration officials after a U.S. export-control directive on Friday ordered the company to suspend access to its newest AI models, Fable 5 and MYTHOS 5, for any foreign national whether inside or outside the United States. ANTHROPIC said it disabled customer access to comply. The company said it had tested the models with government agencies and received deployment clearance before release. The U.S. government

kallas said she recently held talks with Iranian and Gulf counterparts. EU foreign ministers will meet today to discuss how the EU should closely engage in the next phase.

The US and Iran announced a preliminary agreement on Sunday to cease hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, creating a 60-day negotiation window to address Iran’s nuclear program. The memorandum has not been released and is scheduled for formal signing on June 19; text details remain unsettled and the signing process could be blocked. Major disputes persist — including the scale of economic assistance to Iran, how to handle its nuclear program, and responses to its ballistic missile program — and ongoing Israel‑Lebanon fighting could derail talks. Michael O’Hanlon, director of foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, said a temporary deal to reopen the Strait is possible but a comprehensive agreement is unlikely at present.