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Iran responds to Trump letter on nuclear talks, state media reports

Iranian state media reported that Oman has responded to a letter from US President Donald Trump urging Tehran to reach a new nuclear deal.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who was quoted by Iran’s top news agency, claimed an Iranian letter to Trump was “appropriately sent through Oman.”

According to Araghchi, “Our policy is still to avoid engaging in direct negotiations when under the greatest pressure and military threats,” as was the case in the past. However, indirect negotiations can continue as they did.

The minister said that “we have included a letter outlining our positions on the current situation and Mr. Trump’s letter.”

Trump withdrew the US from a 2015 agreement between Iran and other world powers that imposed strict restrictions on Tehran’s disputed nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. In his first term as president, Trump withdrew the United States.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) claims that Iran has amassed enough fissile material for multiple bombs but that it hasn’t made any effort to build one since Trump reimposed extensive US sanctions in 2018.

Iran claims that all of its nuclear energy is used for civilian purposes.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a 85-year-old Iranian leader, received new sanctions against Iran as part of the Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign, so the contents of Trump’s letter to him have not been made public.

Anwar Gargash, a senior Emirati diplomat, delivered the letter to Iranian officials on March 12, 2025, while he was in Tehran.

Iran’s response to Trump’s request to reach a deal or face military repercussions was left open without further information, but Tehran has so far refused.

Iranian supreme leader Khamenei’s adviser Kamal Kharrazi earlier on Thursday claimed that Tehran had “not closed all doors” to negotiations.

Inside Kelsey Grammer’s turbulent life of drug addiction and shark deaths

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The actor had a great success on US sitcoms Cheers and Frasier-&nbsp, but his life was ruined by tragedies off-screen.

Fans of Kelsey Grammer’s anticipation of her return to the MCU’s upcoming movie has been enthralled.

Kelsey’s last appearance in the MCU was in The Marvels, during which their character Hank McCoy was revealed to be part of an adjacent universe.

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The Frasier star will appear in Avengers: Doomsday.

Fan-favourites Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston are returning as Thor and Loki while Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan are returning as Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes. Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man is also making a comeback for the movie, alongside David Harbour’s Red Guardian and Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova.

Kelsey’s acting career includes a number of awards, but his most notable accomplishment is her portrayal of Dr. Frasier Crane, a Seattle-based radio shrink who offers guidance to troubled listeners.

Away from the screen, noone’s life history could be more troubled than Kelsey’s.

When Avengers Doomsday is released, the 70-year-old actor will contribute to creating a fantastic fantasy world while his own life would make the most eerie horror film.

So much tragedy has befallen Kelsey enduring the violent deaths of those closest to him.

These include his father, who was shot to death by a madman, his sister was brutally raped and murdered and his two half brothers who were eaten by sharks. He also carries with him the scars of a broken childhood, three failed marriages, several miscarriages, a heart attack and a recurring battle with drink and drugs.

It’s no wonder his grandfather once confided in him that his family had been cursed, just a few years before he himself passed away from cancer. Yet despite all the misfortune, Kelsey’s four decades-long career has never faltered and, as one of America’s greatest comedy actors, he never lost the ability to make us laugh.

The actor has lost many of those closest to him(Image: Getty Images)

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In 2019 the legendary actor, who has won five Primetime Emmys, three Golden Globes and on Tony award, starred in legal drama, Proven Innocent.

After her brother and her own attorneys were wrongly found guilty of the murder of her best friend, the story is about an attorney who makes an effort to prove her own innocence.

At the time, he was attempting to stop the men who had murdered his sister from being imprisoned.

Karen was 18 when she was forced into a car by four men, who raped her for four hours before dumping her in a trailer park and stabbing her to death in 1975.

The ringleader, Freddie Glenn, was on parole six years ago after two of her killers’ death sentences were commuted to life sentences.

Kelsey’s sister, Karen, was just 18 when she was raped and murdered(Image: Splash News)

At his last parole hearing in 2009, Kelsey intervened with an emotional statement, telling the board: “She was so smart and good and decent. We could have a long conversation. I was unable to protect her because I was supposed to.

” It very nearly destroyed me. The suffering resurfaced when we learned that this man might be granted parole.

Indeed, he could have been discussing his own family turmoil when he mentioned his television show Proven Innocent. And they bend and manipulate the truth to show that their version of the story is the truth.

“And that’s why justice is so crucial because of it.” Nothing can thus obscure the truth, and all of us strive to achieve that. The truth”.

The world first heard of Kelsey in 1984, when he arrived in season 3 of hit TV series Cheers as psychiatrist Dr Frasier Crane, staying until the series finale in season 11.

Young Kelsey turned to acting to escape back to back personal tragedies(Image: Twitter/@KelseyGrammer)

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where they took turns

From 1993 to 2004, he remained as the actor who played the doctor as Frasier, a well-known spinoff series.

However, his path to success took a difficult one, beginning when his parents divorced at the age of two, and he and Karen were taken out of their San Francisco, US, home to be raised by their mother and grandfather in New Jersey.

Their grandfather died from cancer aged 63 when he was just 12.

Then, two years later, a man who had conned him outside of his house at night by lighting his car shot him dead.

However, Arthur Niles, a man, was later found not guilty of murder and taken to a mental health facility.

After the back-to-back tragedies, Kelsey decided to focus on his love of performing and attended Pine Crest preparatory school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, before applying to the prestigious Julliard School of performing arts in New York.

But even worse happened when Karen, a 20-year-old, was taken from the Red Lobster restaurant in Colorado and employed as a waitress.

She was taken four hours of rape by her attackers at her apartment.

They then put a cloth over her head, promising to take her home, but instead took her to trailer park where they stabbed her in the back and neck before leaving her to die.

Before she could ring the doorbell, she collapsed and died on the porch of a nearby home.

A week after Karen was brutally murdered, Kelsey was forced to visit Colorado Springs to find the body.

Of all the tragedies that had befell him, losing his sister and only sibling hit Kelsey the hardest, and he later admitted he “lost it. I gave up trying to find a reason to be alive.

Kelsey stopped attending classes and started using alcohol and drugs shortly after graduating from Julliard.

He later told Oprah that his first bouts of alcoholism were fuelled by the depression he felt because of her murder.

He responded, “I liked it. It made me feel good, too. Maybe it was because I was running away from the feelings that weren’t, you know, as comfortable as I wanted them to do be, and maybe I do have a self-destructive part of me”.

In the early 1980s, he reprised his acting career, playing Stephen Smith in the Kennedy miniseries, and eventually made his way back to reality.

But just as his family was beginning to prosper, two of his half brothers were also affected by tragedy once more.

Stephen and Billy Grammer were scuba diving off the coast of St Thomas in June 1980, when Stephen tragically suffered an embolism after surfacing too quickly, but no one knows what happened to Billy.

He was most likely eaten by sharks, according to rescuers.

Kelsey has been unlucky in love(Image: Getty Images for Netflix)

Kelsey’s big break came in 1984 with the sitcom Cheers, but he continued to suffer from bouts of alcoholism and addiction to drugs and over the years had a number of brushes with the law.

Between 1988 and 1991, he was detained three times for using cocaine and driving while intoxicated, and he served one jail term of 30 days.

The actor’s success onscreen was unaffected, and by 2001, he was earning $ 700,000 per Frasier episode.

Away from the screen, though, Kelsey’s love life was tainted with the same bad luck he had by now grown used to.

He met dancer Doreen Alderman in 1982, and they soon got married, and Spencer became the father of Spencer.

After a one-night stand with a make-up artist, Kelsey and her daughter Kandace were divorced in 1990.

Two years later, he married a former exotic dancer, Leigh-Anne Cshuany, but their relationship quickly turned toxic, and Kelsey claimed she would spit in his face, tear up pictures of his loved ones and even threaten to kill him.

Kelsey in the new sitcom, Porters(Image: Publicity Picture)

When Csuhany was three months pregnant, he ended up divorcing her, leading to the miscarriage of their baby. Soon after, in 1995, Kelsey was hit by damaging claims of statutory rape of his child’s babysitter in 1995, as she was only 15 at the time. The grand jury decided not to indict him, despite the fact that the case was going to go to trial.

After years of abuse, legal issues, and dramas in his personal life, Kelsey finally decided to check himself in the Betty Ford Center in 1996.

But tragedy seemed to be just around the corner.

David Angel, Kelsey’s close friend and former Frasier producer, passed away in the terrorist attacks of 2001. On American Airlines Flight 11, the first aircraft to strike the World Trade Center, Angell and his wife Lynn were flying.

Another failed marriage and another miscarriage followed, after in August 1997 he married former Playboy model Camille Donatacci.

Kelsey with Frasier co-creator David Angell who died in the 9/11 attacks(Image: Reuters)

Before the couple divorced in 2010, the couple eventually had two children, both of whom were surrogates. While Kelsey cited “irreconcilable differences” Camille claimed it was because he was cross-dresser.

The actor suffered a sudden heart attack while paddleboarding on vacation in Hawaii during his marriage to Camille in 2008. Kelsey later revealed that his heart had stopped completely and that he was just a few minutes away from passing away, despite his representatives’ claims that it was a mild heart attack.

He later told Oprah that his near death experience “was a good event in my life” because it forced him change his lifestyle and confront the tragedies that had marked his life. He said, “I just put that pain] where it used to be: in the past.

However, there have been some tragic deaths, and it’s a pain you can always experience again because it’s with you 24/7.

The actor has been married to British Kayte Walsh since 2011(Image: SplashNews.com)

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Former air stewardess 25 his junior Kelsey and British Kayte Walsh, who he married in 2011, have a long-lasting relationship.

As well as new drama Proven Innocent, he is also set to star in 1965 musical Man Of La Mancha at the West End.

But he admits that the “family curse” his grandfather had warned him about is never far away from his mind, even though he appears to be at peace with himself, content in love, and content with a rebirth in his already magnificent career.

Telling the Daily Mail he frets if his loved ones don’t call him, he said: “I get nervous something horrible has happened.

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NBA looks into starting European basketball league

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The NBA and Fiba, the world’s governing body, are considering forming a European league.

A 16-team league would be in the works at the beginning, with 12 permanent teams and four candidates for playoffs annually.

The new league would be integrated into the current European basketball landscape, according to the NBA, with teams also playing in their respective national leagues as part of the plan being considered.

The top NBA team, which includes US and Canadian players, is the best in the world.

The EuroLeague, which was founded by Fiba but has been run by Euroleague Basketball since 2000, is where Europe’s top teams currently compete.

Adam Silver, the head of the NBA, stated, “We think this is the right time to move on to the next stage.”

Our club owners expressed fervent support for us to continue to explore this opportunity at today’s board meeting.

He continued, “Nothing has been agreed, and he did not specify which teams might be involved.”

Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, and Panathinaikos, the current champion, are the three EuroLeague teams with the most success.

There are no teams in the United Kingdom.

Silver said, “Sometimes, the products that come with those existing clubs are massive global brands.

In some cases, those brands were created through global soccer, not basketball, but we now know that there is a lot of people who root for those teams, so that becomes very relevant as well.

Silver further stated that games would run 40 minutes, rather than the NBA’s 48.

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Megan Fox gives birth as Machine Gun Kelly shares adorable first video

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With Machine Gun Kelly, Megan Fox gave birth to her first child.

The Transformers star, 38, and Australian rocker, 34, are reportedly speaking hardly ever and broke up over Thanksgiving last year. They have just become parents, though, according to the musician, who posted the happy news on Instagram. The family’s daughter’s adorable video and sweet song were shared by MGMK.

She’s finally here, I tell you! Our tiny Celestial Seed 3/27/25″. A piece of “Original Audio” was included in his video. The musician has now revealed the true meaning of the track, which is very sweet. On Instagram, he wrote, “We created the birth score.” Born into 432HZ. What a journey in . Give thanks to God. Travis Barker, Big Slim, Truck Norris, No Love for the Middle Child, Shaan Singh, and MGK himself wrote the song.

Soon, messages from fans and famous friends flooded MGK’s post, which has been liked more than 63, 000 times. “The princess is here!” “Congratulations Kells” Emma Rosen remarked. “My sincere congratulations!! This news really makes me so happy. One fan said, “I hope you, the baby, and Megan are doing well.” “I’m so happy for you guys,” added a second. Congratulations, dear daddy! “!

(machinegunkelly/instagram) MGK shared a sweet video of his second child and his newborn daughter.

Megan’s ex, Brian Austin Green, attacked MGK just before the news of their newborn daughter. The musician had previously sent Brian a message on Instagram asking that he “stopped asking” when their child was due. MGK yelled, “Quit calling TMZ, and concentrate on that apology you owe me for speaking in public.”

He continued, “You chose the wrong person to work with Mr. Child Actor.” Return to cereal advertisements. Brian responded, “I didn’t know that being a child actor was bad.” Be cautious, Leo. He might be waiting for you the next.

In the weeks leading up to the birth of their child, Megan and MGK, real name Colson Baker, reportedly had no communication. Sources earlier this month asserted that their relationship was “god good.” They exchanged a few texts, according to the source, who spoke to Us Weekly. Machine Gun Kelly, 34, continued, “wants to get back together with Megan, but she’s done for a long time,” adding: “.

Although the actress, 38, no longer wants him to be a part of their child’s life, but she does not want to be with him.

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly
Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly broke up in November of last year (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP).

Before getting engaged in 2022, the pair made a public statement about their relationship in 2020. Hollywood actress Megan made the pregnancy announcement in November.

However, things started to splinter shortly after. The controversial couple, known for having extravagant PDAs on the red carpet, reportedly split up several times over the years. However, insiders predict that this may be the last time. After spending Thanksgiving together in Vail, Colorado, the couple allegedly broke up, according to sources, and haven’t spoken to one since.

According to TMZ, people close to the pair claim that Megan and MGK are having no conversation because of their bad behavior. The source added that despite Megan’s pregnancy, there hasn’t been any communication, and it’s unclear how closely MGK will be with the child and how they’ll navigate parenting.

An insider reported shortly after the split that “She’s previously left him, but this time it seems final.” They added that Megan’s friends had begun to “dislike” MGK, and that they were overwhelmingly supportive of the split.

The former couple are said to have had no contact in the lead up to Megan giving birth
According to Getty Images for Universal Music, the former couple allegedly had no contact prior to Megan’s birth.

They continued, “They operate in a dramatistic manner, like a never-ending high school relationship.” Everything was fine for weeks and months, but now they’re locked in a fight, it’s all or nothing. During Thanksgiving, things turned a turn for the worse.

Despite the fact that she was “done” with his behavior and “the way he treated her,” a source added that MGK assumed they would continue to be together despite the fact that their relationship was “done” as a result of their pregnancy.

The actress has three children with her ex, Brian Austin Green, who married the Till Death star in 2010 before they divorced in 2021, along with Megan’s child with MGK, who has a daughter.

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Neil Morrissey quits pub business after 10 years as boozer faces closure

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The Plume of Feathers, in Barlaston, has revealed that Neil Morrissey, Richard Slingsby, and John Sykes, the company’s managing director, has decided not to renew its lease with Punch Pubs.

Neil Morrissey won’t be renewing the license on his pub(Image: ITV)

After running The Plume of Feathers in North Staffordshire for ten years, Neil Morrissey is leaving the pub industry. His business, MSW Pub Company, which was founded by Richard Slingsby and John Sykes, is searching for a freehold property instead of renewing its lease with Punch Pubs.

With high hopes for the Station Road site’s continued success, a new operator has just started to take over. The pub may close if a new landlord is not discovered. A representative from the MSW Group thanked Punch for their ongoing support during a statement regarding the departure.

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They added that Neil Morrissey and the directors “would like to thank Punch for their support over the past ten years and wish the Plume of Feathers’ management and staff the best of luck in the future.”

Neil Morrissey has been the landlord of The Plume of Feathers for ten years
Neil Morrissey has been the landlord of The Plume of Feathers for ten years(Image: Sentinel)

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The trio’s tenure was also praised by Andy Spencer, the CEO of Punch Pubs, who added, “We would like to thank Neil, Richard, and John for their hard work and dedication over the past ten years in making the Plume of Feathers an exceptional pub business.

We wish them the very best in their new venture and acknowledge that their enthusiasm and commitment have been key to its success. Our top priority as we look to the future is to make sure that the Plume of Feathers will remain thriving in the community for many years to come.

Neil Morrissey’s journey to fame began far from the glitz and glamour of the entertainment world, with a challenging upbringing spent in the care system of Stoke-on-Trent. His early life saw him reside in Stafford before enduring many years in the Penkhull Children’s Home starting in 1974, reports Stoke on Trent Live.

When he discovered his acting passion at Thistley Hough High School in Penkhull, his life changed. His acting credits include roles in Unforgotten, Line of Duty, Bob the Builder, and Death in Paradise.

The pub is currently concerned that it might be forced to close down.
The pub is currently concerned that it might be forced to close down.

At the conclusion of his first year of care, he was 17 years old when he faced the dreadful reality that moving to a working boys’ hostel, which might have ended his academic and dramatic endeavors.

However, Neil’s mate, Mark Langston, who stayed with him until he turned 18 that summer, threw a lifeline. Then he continued to perform his talent at Stoke Repertory Theatre, Stoke Schools Theatre, and Stoke Original Theatre.

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Such was his prowess, his application to Guildhall School of Music and Drama resulted in an unconditional offer. He catapulted to fame in the mid-1980s as the clueless biker Rocky in the ITV drama series Boon before landing the role of Tony in the hit sitcom Men Behaving Badly.

The Mirror has approached Neil’s representatives for comment.

Russia’s Putin eyes Arctic cooperation despite geopolitical tensions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that while geopolitical conflict is raging in the Arctic, Russia is willing to cooperate with foreign partners, including those from the West, in economic ventures there that will benefit both parties.

Putin remarked in a significant speech on Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s stated intentions to buy Greenland were “serious” and that it was obvious that the US would continue to advance its interests in the Arctic. He claimed that he had no connection to Russia when it came to the Greenland issue.

However, Moscow expressed concern that “NATO countries in general are increasingly designating the far north as a springboard for potential conflicts, practising the use of troops in these circumstances, including by their ‘new recruits’, Finland and Sweden,” he said in reference to the alliance’s newest members.

Russia was developing a plan of action, including strengthening its military presence in the area. We will consistently defend our national interests and will not allow infringements on our country’s sovereignty,” Putin declared.

Yulia Shapovalova, a journalist from Moscow, stated that the Russian president’s top priority is developing the region’s infrastructure to improve people’s quality of life and improve access to the Arctic’s natural resources.

Puntin sees a lot of potential for regional development, but she notes that the most crucial step is the expansion of logistics and transportation in the Arctic.

The country is not going to go it alone, but Russia is interested in developing the Northern Sea Route, which connects western Europe with the Asia-Pacific region in the shortest shipping route. It is prepared to cooperate and have prospects in the Arctic, according to Shapovalova.

Due to Trump’s repeated claims that he wants to acquire Greenland, the Arctic’s strategic significance for mining, shipping, and security has grown significantly. He has not ruled out using force to do so.

Under the land and seabed, fossil fuels and minerals that could be more readily available as a result of global warming are stored beneath the Arctic. Defense analysts claim that Russia has expanded its presence much more quickly than the West by reopening bases in the Soviet Union and modernizing its navy.

The US considers the Arctic to be crucial for national security, including for its nuclear-armed early warning system.

The Kremlin suggested in February that Russia and the US could collaborate on developing natural resources in the Arctic as they pursue a quick-moving rapprochement that has unnerved Ukraine and its European allies.