Tehran and Washington envoys spar at the UN, swapping accusations while lobbying Security Council members to stand by their sides.

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold the first ever three-way meeting between the leaders of the United States, Russia and China at a summit in Shenzhen next week, the White House said.

Trump wants to talk about reducing nuclear arsenals at the trilateral talks on Thursday and is also set to bring up his war in Iran -- but he is not expected to discuss Russia's war in Ukraine, US officials said.

The three leaders will meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the southern Chinese city, White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told reporters.

US President Donald Trump does not want to resume the war with Iran "for now," according to a media report.

Citing a US official, The Washington Post reported that Trump has received several daily intelligence briefings since the midterm elections.

"It's become pretty clear that Trump does not want to go back to war for now," the official said.

Iran has accused the US of waging an unlawful war of aggression against Tehran and warned of an "immediate and decisive response" to any renewed American or Israeli military attack.

Gholamhossein Darzi, Iran's deputy permanent representative to the UN, made the remarks during a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.

He accused Western countries of distorting the facts and ignoring the root causes of regional tensions.

The US has accused Iran of threatening international maritime security through attacks on commercial shipping and support for armed groups, urging the UN Security Council to hold Tehran accountable.

US envoy to the UN Jennifer Locetta made the remarks during a Security Council meeting on deteriorating maritime security in the Gulf, including threats to navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea.

"We are here once again to discuss the aggressive behavior by the Islamic Republic of Iran," Locetta said.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has said that two oil tankers struck naval mines and caught fire while attempting to navigate an unauthorized route through the southern Strait of Hormuz.

In a statement, the IRGC Navy's public relations office said the vessels were attempting to pass through the waterway undetected, with their radar and positioning systems switched off.

One of the vessels was a supertanker, the statement said, adding that flames from the ship illuminated the strait's southern shores.

The IRGC Navy warned shipowners and shipping companies against transiting the strategic waterway without coordinating with its maritime traffic control centre.

US forces responded to possible drone activity over a military base in Britain, a US Air Force spokesperson said, in the latest security incident at a facility hosting American military aircraft.

"No personnel, aircraft or infrastructure were affected" at the RAF Lakenheath base, the Air Force spokesperson said in a statement.

In an interview broadcast Wednesday, Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei threatened to strike US bases beyond the Middle East, including in Europe, if they are used for attacks against Tehran.

Iranian officials have previously threatened to expand the geographic scope of the conflict should the US attack again.

In late September, an adviser to Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei publicly mused that the war could "expand even further, reaching the Indian Ocean and perhaps beyond."

US President Donald Trump will hold a trilateral summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the annual APEC conference in Shenzhen on Thursday, the New York Post has reported, adding Iran war could be on agenda as well.

The trilateral discussion is expected to focus largely on developing an ambitious nuclear arms control pact, but discussions could also touch on North Korea and the Iran war, the Post reported.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said that Israeli forces have killed 245 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023, including 41 in incidents involving reported stone-throwing.

“The killing of a child is deplorable. The killing of a child for simply carrying or throwing stones is abhorrent,” Turk said.

He stressed that international law required any use of force to be “necessary and proportional to the threat posed,” adding that violations must be subject to accountability.

“There must be accountability for violations,” he said.