Iran ‘wants watertight guarantees& Donald Trump will not ditch any new agreement on its nuclear programme again

Iran told the United States in talks last week it was ready to accept some limits on its uranium enrichment but needed watertight guarantees that US ­president Donald Trump would not ditch a nuclear pact again, a senior Iranian official said yesterday.

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US launches over a dozen airstrikes on key oil port in Yemen, killing at least 74

The US attacked a key Yemen oil port controlled by the Houthis overnight and killed dozens of people, according to the Iran-backed militants, raising the spectre of a widening conflict in the Middle East.

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‘We&re just going to take a pass& & US ‘will walk away& if there&s no progress in Ukraine talks, warns Trump

The United States will walk away from efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal unless there are clear signs of progress soon, US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said yesterday.

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How Kremlin diplomats are trained to ?‘speak diplomacy but practise coercion&

The Moscow State Institute of International Relations is the Oxbridge of Russia&s foreign policy world and has trained the country&s diplomats since Stalin&s time.

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‘Renewal of the war is for political reasons& & Israeli veterans& anti-war movement gathers support

When nearly 1,000 Israeli Air Force veterans signed an open letter last week calling for an end to the war in Gaza, the military responded immediately, saying it would dismiss any active ­reservist who signed the document.

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Suspected Florida university shooter kicked out of group for white supremacist rhetoric, classmate says

Classmates of the suspected Florida State University (FSU) gunman say he espoused &white supremacist and far-right rhetoric& for years prior to Thursday&s shooting, where two people were killed and six more were injured.

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