FIFA President Gianni Infantino is under mounting pressure after abandoning a controversial plan to sell part of FIFA's commercial business following widespread opposition from football stakeholders.

Tensions in the Middle East continued to escalate on Tuesday as Iran signalled it would no longer pursue negotiations with the United States, while fighting involving Iran, Israel, and Washington continues to reverberate across global politics and energy markets. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said diplomatic talks with the United States were no longer on Tehran’s agenda under current circumstances, indicating that prospects for negotiations had sharply deteriorated