{"id":554767,"date":"2026-07-22T22:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/554767\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T22:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:27:10","slug":"us-signs-landmark-nuclear-deal-with-saudi-arabia-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/554767\/","title":{"rendered":"US signs landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia &#8211; follow live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/core\/website\/assets\/static\/news\/incident-types\/light-mode\/analysis.77b314ef10.svg\" alt=\"Analysis\" height=\"2.5rem\" width=\"9.8125rem\" draggable=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-h608ny-ContributorImageComponent e2hr5uu0\"\/>Opponents of Trump&#8217;s deal are unlikely to defeat itpublished at 18:40 BST<\/p>\n<p>18:40 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1l98ssq-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3ac2300f-ef86-49a3-b4f7-b7ab140b871d.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Sarah Smith<br \/>North America editor<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marco Rubio is pictured wearing a blue suit with his hands out in front\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e8ade840-48cd-46ab-a12f-382de0ac761e.jpg.webp\"  width=\"7583\" height=\"4268\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Reuters<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The nuclear deal is a commercial agreement for US companies to run nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia rather than giving the technology to the country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A nuclear deal of this kind has been under discussion for years. It was envisaged as part of a wider agreement that would include Saudi diplomatic recognition of Israel. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But, according to reports, US President Donald Trump has not made that a condition of the deal. Instead, he has reportedly agreed that Saudi Arabia may be allowed to enrich uranium on their own soil, as well as accepting terms that could limit international inspectors from accessing nuclear sites in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on a visit to the Philippines, addressed concerns about the deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Suffice it to say, the US is not going to reach any agreement with any country in the world that leads to the risk of proliferation,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A similar deal with the United Arab Emirates, in 2009, was much more restrictive with stringent inspections and no right to produce its own nuclear fuel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The highly controversial agreement will need to be debated in congress but opponents are unlikely to be able to gather enough votes to defeat President Trump&#8217;s initiative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia\u2019s de facto leader, has said that he would seek to build nuclear weapons if Iran does so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opponents of Trump&#8217;s deal are unlikely to defeat itpublished at 18:40 BST 18:40 BST Sarah SmithNorth America editor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-554767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}