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The White House says it remains committed to nuclear negotiations with Iran despite Tehran's "provocative" statement that it will ramp up uranium enrichment. "We are certainly concerned about these provocative announcements," President Joe Biden's press secretary, Jen Psaki, tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The United States says that initial talks by its partners in Vienna on Iran were "constructive" as President Joe Biden looks for ways to rejoin a 2015 nuclear deal. "We do see this as a constructive and certainly welcome step," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden is expected to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in San Francisco next month for "constructive" talks, the White House says. "It's going to be in San Francisco, it is going to be a constructive meeting. The president is looking forward to it," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says of the long-awaited talks. SOUNDBITE
The UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says he had "constructive discussions" with Iranian officials that could pave the way for the revival of a landmark 2015 agreement. SOUNDBITE
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's envoy at the Iran nuclear deal talks, arrives at the Palais Coburg in Vienna, where the IAEA-brokered talks are set to resume in hopes of finding a way to save the historic accord brokered in 2015. This is the first time since March that all the parties (Iran, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany) are meeting, with the participation of the United States, in order to save the agreement, which was supposed to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring atomic weapons. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.