LiveLive Updates July 23, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJuly 23, 2026UpdatesU.S. says it reached 'historic' nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi ArabiaThe U.S. and Saudi Arabia have reached an agreement on civil nuclear power, the U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday, a deal that allows the kingdom to build nuclear reactors using American technology and to enrich uranium.The deal would allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium and reprocess nuclear waste, both of which are potential pathways to making a nuclear weapon. The UAE agreed to forgo both of those when it signed a similar deal with the U.S. in 2009.U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and his counterpart Price Abdulaziz bin Salman signed the pact, known as a 123 Agreement, alongside a bilateral safeguards agreement, the U.S. Energy Department said in a release.See full story.RECAP: Trump says U.S. striking Iran over nuclear program, 'We don't need Hormuz'Here are Thursday's latest updates from the U.S.-Iran war and Israel's strikes in Gaza, Lebanon and the Middle East:■ U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington is striking Iranian assets along the Strait of Hormuz to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, adding that Iran "will be ready very soon" to negotiate.■ The U.K. announced that it has "temporarily" evacuated its embassy staff from Iran "due to the security situation."■ Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran will respond to any aggression, vowing to attack aggressors' allies.■ Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that no one will sell oil "if our security is not guaranteed, no infrastructure will be safe."■ Israeli strikes killed 11 people in Gaza in the past 24 hours, and another person died of wounds sustained in a previous strike, the Gaza Health Ministry reported, saying 12 others were wounded and others remain trapped under rubble.In the News'Liars, Poison': Shin Bet Chief Shared His Anti-media Manifesto With Top AgentsIsrael Sidelined as Trump Looks for Diplomatic Achievement in Lebanese MinefieldReport: U.S. Deploys B-1 Bomber for First Time Since Attacks on Iran ResumedJudge Justifies Jewish Terror. Israel Must Act on West Bank Settler ViolenceHow Israel's 'Meaningful' Military Service Creates Lost Generation in West BankRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World CupDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli Election