Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns as US officials split on spy claims

Trump says he told Vice President Vance not to negotiate and would 'absolutely' count it a defeat if Iran's leadership survives his term. He says Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states asked him not to strike again. The IRGC says it hit a US early-warning radar in Bahrain; Centcom denies it and says it shot down two Iranian drones. Ghalibaf says Tehran awaits a US reply to its demands, and Iran told the IAEA inspections are not possible now.

Witkoff and Kushner, after more than four hours with Putin in the Kremlin, briefed Zelensky. Kushner says Russia and Ukraine agreed to include Europeans and that Washington is working toward the war's largest prisoner exchange. Europe's team will be national security advisers from the EU, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Poland; the EU is split on discussing security architecture with Moscow. Bild reports Russian demands including Finland leaving NATO, which Peskov denies. Kushner acknowledges serious disagreements remain.

Ukrainian drones set the Lukoil refinery in Volgograd ablaze, killing four workers, the governor says; four more died at a Samara oil facility. Russia says it downed 1,198 drones overnight, 467 of them headed for Moscow. Russia launched 117 drones at Ukraine, hitting 24 locations, including a Kyiv trauma hospital (three injured) and Odesa, where two women died. In Zaporizhzhia, more than 50 were injured, and a 17-year-old and a rescuer clearing rubble were killed.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen said 'the American people called for change' and will run for majority leader, with Sanders' endorsement. He floated using a shutdown threat to force Trump to end the Iran war. Schumer says he has the votes to stay; Sanders, Slotkin and four newly elected senators have said they won't back him. Congressional Democrats plan quick votes next year to roll back Trump's tariffs and revive expired Obamacare subsidies.

Outlook, Teams and Copilot were disrupted in 74 countries, leaving users unable to reach email and chat. Microsoft says there is no sign of a cyberattack, blames failed server health checks, and reports email queues approaching normal levels, though delays could last up to 48 hours. UK hospitals, GPs and police are badly hit, with NHS England reverting to paper records, and Australia invoked priority restoration for its spy agency and federal police.

In a letter this week, Eisenkot told Netanyahu not to make any major national security decisions during the political transition, amid a dispute over whether Israel should strike Iran again. Eisenkot, who holds the mandate to form a government, is also moving to undo Netanyahu's judicial overhaul through Knesset committees. Avigdor Lieberman, who takes over the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday, vows to block a 'politically motivated' Iran war.