美伊冲突升级，特朗普拒谈协议；G20财长会因中国分歧无联合公报

News when you want it with Bloomberg News now. I'm Nathan Hager and I'm Karen Moscow. Karen, we begin with the latest on the escalating conflict in the Middle East. The U.S. has carried out a fresh wave of attacks on targets tied to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran says the strikes killed four members of the IRGC. It says it has retaliated with missile launches on US bases in Jordan and Bahrain. And it's accusing the US of bombing a wedding ceremony as well, killing five people.

President Trump is downplaying the chances for a deal writing on truth social quote I couldn't care less if they sign a worthless to them agreement. We get more from Bloomberg Middle East correspondent Abeer Abu Omar in Dubai. Essentially, what President Trump had said in his latest remarks was that he doesn't really care if Iran comes back to the negotiating table. He actually said that he thinks that the United States is in a good position right now.

The response that that stoked from Iran was in the shape, of course, of a response from the president, who was encouraged to send for a conference, he did say is that Iran is willing to go back to the MoU concessions if the U.S. were to go back to diplomacy. And then the foreign minister, of course. Ambassador, she had said that Iran is not taking away the diplomacy route completely. It is willing to go back there. But again, only if the United States were to cease its economic pressure campaign and also the military pressure campaign and Bloomberg, Abu Omar reports.

Treasury Secretary Scott is calling Iran's leaders panicked over their country's economic problems. At some point, he says they will be ready to negotiate. Well, Nathan, Secretary Bassett is hosting a G20 finance ministers summit in Asheville, North Carolina, this week. He says the gathering won't end with a traditional joint communique. And the reason why, he says, is China due to a dispute over the country's trade surplus.

It is clear that the country with the world's largest and unsustainable current account surplus, the People's Republic of China, was the dissenter. And, you know, I think that we have, uh, 19 other voices. And as I said, uh, my chairman's statement will echo that Treasury Secretary Scott Benson did release a statement saying China descended on paragraphs related to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, creating a task force on trade imbalances and provisions tied to debt restructuring.

China released its own statement saying G20 members should safeguard free trade and promote economic globalization. It did not address president's remarks directly. Now, Karen, let's get to the latest on the race to the midterms. The results are in from last night's primary elections in Massachusetts. In the Democratic Senate race, 80 year old progressive incumbent Ed Markey beat back a challenge from 47 year old moderate Congressman Seth Moulton, 65, to 35%.

Markey told his supporters last night his victory should be just the beginning. We need to build more than just a Democratic majority in Congress. We need to cement a progressive Democratic majority, one that will use its political capital to take on the bosses, the billionaires and the wannabe kings. Senator Ed Markey will now face Republican John Deaton in November, who ran uncontested in the race to fill Seth Moulton House seat in the sixth district.

Dan Cole, a former white House official in Boston City Hall, um clinched the Democratic nomination. He got 41% of the vote in a five way race. Will now face Micah Jones, an Army veteran who is endorsed by former Republican Governor Charlie Baker. Uh, Jones was the sole Republican running in that North Shore anchor district. Well, Nathan, a couple a veteran Democratic congressman in Massachusetts, also won their primaries.

So they faced challenges from the left to 77 year old Richard Neal. Jeremy Whalen in the first district, 54 to 46%. And in the eighth district, 71 year old Stephen Lynch defeated attorney Patrick Roth 55 to 45%. And in the Republican primary for Massachusetts, Governor Michael Minow will go on to face Democratic incumbent Maura Healey in November. He beat Brian Shirtsleeves last night, 76 to 24%. Turning to the nation's capital now.

Karen House lawmakers have passed a stopgap funding measure helping to avert an October 1st government shutdown. Bloomberg's Amy Morris reports from Washington. The bill will keep money flowing to federal agencies until December, preventing a government shutdown before Election Day. House speaker Mike Johnson. House Republicans are in charge here, and we're continuing to do the grown up thing and make sure we get the job done.

And we're happy that we just passed that continuing resolution to fund the government through early December, and they will continue through the process after the election. The bill had broad bipartisan support. It now goes to President Trump for his signature. But Trump has said that he will not sign any legislation until Congress passes new voter ID requirements. In Washington, Amy Morris, Bloomberg Radio. Right, Amy.

Thank you. The murder case against the man accused of killing political commentator Charlie Kirk can proceed to trial with a charge that makes the suspect eligible for the death penalty. A Utah district judge has sided with prosecutors, who said they had a mountain of evidence that defendant Tyler Robinson fatally shot the conservative activist as he spoke to a crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University last September.

Robinson pleaded not guilty to all counts, including aggravated murder. And that's news when you wanted with Bloomberg News now. I'm Karen Moscow. I'm Nathan Hager, and this is Bloomberg style.