President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the U.S. and Iran will hold talks next week. He said the U.S. would continue to ask for no nuclear, adding that Iran's nuclear has been destroyed. Trump hailed U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites while at the NATO summit in The Hague, saying they had halted the Israel–Iran conflict.

NATO leaders on Wednesday backed the big increase in defence spending that President Trump had demanded, and restated their commitment to defend each other from attack after a brief summit in the Netherlands.

New York state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has claimed victory in the first round of the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, while former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has conceded.