Mangaluru, Apr 26: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will participate in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's video conference with all state chief ministers on the emerging COVID-19 situation on Wednesday, from Mangaluru.

Bommai, who will be on a day-long visit to Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday, will attend the video conference from the facility at the office of DK zilla panchayat, an official statement here said on Tuesday.

All arrangements are being made in the zilla panchayat office for the Chief Minister's participation in the PM's video conference which is scheduled at noon.

Bommai will later inaugurate the Annadasoha building' of Excellent PU College in Moodbidri at 3 pm. He will also visit the popular Jain basadi (temple).

The Chief Minister will lay the foundation stone for construction of a new building of Moodbidri Press Club at 3.50 pm.

He will later inaugurate the administrative building of Moodbidri taluk and also lay the foundation stone for several development works in Mulky-Moodbidri assembly segment.

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Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.

“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.

Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”

Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”

“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.

When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”

The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.