The Brief

Iran said it expects a response to a ceasefire proposal that President Trump has already rejected. Trump said U.S. and Iranian negotiators are talking through mediators but that he has "offered them NOTHING" toward a deal, CBS News reported.

Al Jazeera reported the two sides remain far apart on the terms of any agreement, with a deal seen as unlikely before the U.S. midterm elections. Iran's currency has hit a new record low as sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade on Iranian oil squeeze its economy, PBS NewsHour reported. The U.S. has also sanctioned 10 more entities in China, Pakistan, Turkiye, Iran and Saudi Arabia it accuses of supporting Iran's military supply chain, according to Al Jazeera and PBS NewsHour.

Estonia has accused Russia of ordering an arson attack on Estonian company Milrem Robotics, which supplies unmanned ground vehicles to Ukraine, according to Al Jazeera and the BBC.

The BBC reported the accusation is part of a broader pattern of sabotage attacks Russia is accused of carrying out across several European NATO countries that have been supporting Ukraine. PBS NewsHour reported that Poland is bracing for a potential confrontation as it warns Russia may be planning a major test of NATO defenses near the Polish border with Russia's Kaliningrad enclave.

Five British nationals arrested near RAF Fairford, an air base in England used by U.S. forces, on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act have been released on bail, police said. The men were detained after three suspicious vehicles were reported traveling toward the base, the BBC reported.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the incident "a very serious situation" involving a foreign actor, and President Trump questioned the U.K.'s handling of the case, CBS News reported. British police said no explosives were found in the vans linked to the men, though petrol was recovered from three of them, PBS NewsHour reported, and security analysts told Al Jazeera the bail decision suggests investigators found no evidence to support claims of an active terror plot. British authorities have defended their decision to release the men, and a farmer near the base described the scene to CBS News as investigators continued examining the men's backgrounds.

Morocco's king has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as prime minister, making her the first woman to hold the post in the country's history, according to Al Jazeera and the BBC.

Her appointment makes her only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world, the BBC reported, following her party's election win. She had also served as mayor of Marrakech and was tasked with forming a new government, PBS NewsHour reported.

U.S. Army soldiers have fully withdrawn from their base in Baghdad, ending more than two decades of American military presence in Iraq, Al Jazeera reported. Iraq marked the departure with national "Sovereignty Days" observances.

The withdrawal leaves Iraq to navigate a new security landscape largely on its own, Al Jazeera reported, as the country begins what it described as a high-stakes security balancing act following the departure of American forces.

Hurricane Polo made landfall in Baja California Sur, Mexico, bringing damaging winds and life-threatening flash flooding to the popular tourist destination, according to CBS News and the BBC.

The storm has weakened to Tropical Storm Polo and is expected to bring heavy rain and flooding to parts of the southwestern United States, CBS News reported.