Active duty US military personnel stand ready to deploy to contain wildfires that have ripped through Los Angeles, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell said on Sunday in an interview on ABC's "This Week" program.Criswell also said FEMA has the funding needed to support its response effort to the wildfires.

Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini, who was detained in Italy, will return to Iran in the coming hours, Iran's judiciary news agency Mizan said on Sunday.

US President Joe Biden on Sunday spoke with the families of three Americans detained in Afghanistan by its Taliban rulers since 2022, and emphasized his commitment to bringing home Americans wrongfully held overseas, the White House said.Biden's administration has been negotiating with the Taliban since at least July about a US proposal to exchange the three Americans - Ryan Corbett, George Glezmann, and Mahmood Habibi - in exchange for Muhammad Rahim al-Afghani, a high-profile prisoner held in Guantanamo Bay, Reuters reported last week.Corbett and Habibi were detained in separate incidents in August 2022, a year after the Taliban seized Kabul amid the chaotic US troop withdrawal. Glezmann was detained later in 2022 while visiting as a tourist.

Jeff Bezos in an interview with Reuters said on Sunday he feels "very optimistic" about his space company's future under Donald Trump's incoming administration, and that he is not concerned about SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's influence on the president-elect's space agenda.