Deal

The US and Ukraine signed a ‘memorandum of intent’ on Thursday to set the groundwork for the signing of a mineral exploitation deal.

Iran had earlier insisted that the next round of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington would take place in Oman.

The militant group’s delegation is reportedly reviewing an Israeli proposal, but says they are against a clause calling for their disarmament.

By giving American companies preferential treatment in Ukraine, the proposed minerals deal runs the risk of contradicting the EU’s competition and single market rules, which provide for equal and fair access.

This week’s key events presented by Euronews’ senior energy and environment correspondent Robert Hodgson.

Ukraine holds significant reserves of the critical raw materials and rare earths needed to develop cutting-edge technology.

US President Donald Trump says ending the war in Ukraine could either happen fairly soon, or not at all, as he speaks to the media in a joint press conference with visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The move comes as part of the UK’s four-point roadmap to ‘reach peace and defend Ukraine’.

Euronews asked Dutch MEP Thijs Reuten, who is the European Parliament’s shadow rapporteur on Ukraine and sits for the centre-left S&D group on the foreign affairs committee, what he thinks about potential rivalry between the US and EU over access to Ukraine’s mineral wealth.

Kyiv signed a raw materials deal with the EU just months before Russia invaded three years ago – but now the US is making access to the same mineral resources a condition for continued support to the battle-weary nation.