Iran ramping up its store of weapons-grade uranium, says new UN report

Iran has defied international demands to rein in its nuclear programme and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report by the United Nations& nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press.

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Lebanon ceasefire now ‘within grasp& US envoy says, but some technical details still need work

A senior US mediator said yesterday there was a &real opportunity& to end the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and that gaps were narrowing, signalling progress in Washington&s efforts to clinch a ceasefire.

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Twenty Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza yesterday, with four dead in attack on tent camp

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed 20 Palestinians yesterday, including six people in attacks on tents housing displaced families, medics said.

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US envoy due in Lebanon today to progress ceasefire proposal

A US envoy is due in Lebanon today for talks on a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, with Beirut positive about Washington&s efforts to end the war but seeking changes to a proposal on how to monitor a truce, a senior Lebanese official said.

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Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies

An Israeli airstrike hit a densely populated residential area in Lebanon's capital close to the UN headquarters, parliament, the prime minister's office and several embassies.

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Pope Francis says he wants investigation to see if genocide is happening in Gaza

Pope Francis has suggested the global community should study whether Israel&s military campaign in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people, in some of his most explicit criticism yet of Israel&s conduct in its year-long war.

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