Cuba is facing widespread blackouts as United States sanctions restrict fuel supplies, crippling the island's energy system and economy.

In this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal Ferreiro defends Cuba's position, rejects US pressure, and warns of growing humanitarian consequences. She also responds to US President Donald Trump's remarks suggesting Cuba could be targeted next after Iran.

As tensions rise, Vidal insists that Cuba will resist while calling for dialogue, raising questions about how far this confrontation could go.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tells Talk to Al Jazeera that the United States is responsible for the war engulfing the region.

He denies targeting civilians, defends Iran’s retaliation, and warns that the US military presence across the Gulf makes escalation unavoidable.

Araghchi also signals possible new rules for navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, while rejecting a ceasefire in favour of a permanent end to the war.

'This is America’s war': Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi | Talk to Al Jazeera

Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, warns that the United States-Israel war on Iran is driving mass displacement and pushing humanitarian systems towards collapse.

Speaking to Talk to Al Jazeera, he says that civilians across Iran, Lebanon, Gaza and Sudan are paying the price of escalating conflict, that aid is dangerously overstretched, and that international humanitarian law is being eroded as the region faces an expanding crisis.

Jan Egeland on war, displacement and collapse across the Middle East | Talk to Al Jazeera

Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi, speaks to Talk to Al Jazeera as the Gulf faces its most dangerous escalation in years. After Qatar itself came under drone and missile attacks, Al Khulaifi condemns Iran’s aggression, warns that attacks on energy infrastructure threaten global markets, and argues that Gulf security is inseparable from global stability. Despite rising tensions, he insists diplomacy remains the only path to a lasting solution and says Qatar will continue pushing for negotiations to prevent a wider war.

Cuba is not alone, deputy FM says as US threats grow | Talk to Al Jazeera

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