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Trump’s Iran deal faces ire; JD to aid

20-06-2026

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s agreement with Iran to end the war has drawn sharp criticism from fellow Republicans, who argue it neither curbs Tehran’s uranium enrichment programme nor prevents it from funding militant proxies.

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Burnham’s Makerfield bypoll win piles pressure on Starmer

20-06-2026

London: Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, has won the Makerfield by-election, returning to Parliament and positioning himself as the leading challenger to PM Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership.

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Final flight: Trump retires 35-year-old Air Force One

20-06-2026

Washington: US President Trump took the final flight aboard the Boeing 747-200B that has served as Air Force One for 35 years. White House officials marked the aircraft’s retirement after Trump returned from France.

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Meloni ‘stunned’ over US prez’s photo claim

20-06-2026

Rome: Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has dismissed as “made-up” US President Donald Trump’s claim that she “begged” him for a photograph at the G7 summit, deepening a public rift between the two leaders.

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Gabbard: Fauci influenced Covid origin review

20-06-2026

Washington: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has released declassified documents she claims show former US infectious disease official Anthony Fauci influenced intelligence assessments on the origins of Covid-19 and later denied such contacts under oath before Congress.

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Hegseth flays Nato allies

19-06-2026

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday anno­unc­ed a six-month Pentagon review of American forces in Europe, saying future deployments would depend on how quickly European allies assume greater responsibility for their own security.

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Ukraine drones strike Moscow refinery; flights hit

19-06-2026

Moscow: Ukraine struck one of Russia’s largest oil refineries near Moscow and disrupted flights at the capital’s airports in a major drone attack, Russian officials said on Thursday.

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Key takeaways from US-Iran MoU

19-06-2026

The US will begin lifting its naval blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran will restore commercial traffic through the Hormuz to pre-war levels. The deal bars tolls on commercial shipping for 60 days, though a longer-term arran­gement for managing the strait remains unresolved.

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Israel strikes Lebanon despite US-Iran agreement, three dead

19-06-2026

Beirut: Israeli air attacks on southern Lebanon killed at least three people, Lebanese state media reported, a day after the US and Iran signed an interim deal that called for an end to their war on all fronts, including Lebanon.
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Iran to reopen Hormuz, free to sell oil: Officials

18-06-2026

Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz immediately and resume unrestricted oil expo­rts under a tentative agreement with the US to end the war, according to leaked cop­i­es of the interim deal due to be signed in Switzerland on Friday.

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I’m the boss: Hot mics capture ‘weighty’ conversations at G7

18-06-2026

The leaders of the world’s richest democracies are discussing some of the world’s biggest problems this week, but hot mics at the G7 summit also revealed conversations covering lighter topics: sports, cigarettes, the weather and something about Greenland.

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Israel hits Lebanon despite renewed Trump criticism

18-06-2026

Beirut: Israeli forces have reportedly launched fresh airstrikes in southern Lebanon, despite renewed criticism from US President Donald Trump regarding Israel’s military actions there, according to the BBC.