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China scraps tariffs for all but one African nation•Iran war live: Tehran says US ports siege ‘intolerable’; Trump mulls action•Venice Biennale jury resigns days before start of exhibition•US singer D4vd bought tools online to dispose of girl's body, prosecutors allege•Violence in Australian town after arrest of man over girl's murder•Palestine FA chief hits out at Israel federation VP at FIFA Congress•Britney Spears charged in California with driving under influence•First US-Venezuela flight lands in Caracas after seven-year suspension•US gas reaches $4.30 per gallon; Trump says prices will drop after Iran war•Palestinians mourn football loving teenager killed by Israeli army•Palestinian journalist released from Israeli prison unrecognisable•Hegseth testifies on Iran war before Senate committee: Key takeaways•Flotilla activist: Israel’s ‘brutal attack’ will not deter us•US House votes to end record shutdown over immigration enforcement•How is Israel replicating its Gaza tactics in Lebanon?•Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla near Crete and detains 175 activists•RSF condemns ‘kidnapping’ of three journalists on board Gaza aid flotilla•Trump says US studying troop cuts in Germany, as spat with Merz intensifies•Deadly Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon despite ceasefire•US passes law to resume DHS funding and end partial government shutdown•Uganda court sentences man to death for killing four children at nursery•Belgium plans to nationalise nuclear power plants•Trump says Tennessee next to redistrict after US Voting Rights Act ruling•Mexico’s Sheinbaum questions US claims of drug ties to Sinaloa governor•Iran will play World Cup games in US according to FIFA chief Infantino•Piracy rises off Somalia as US-Israeli war on Iran diverts naval forces•Lebanese girl mourns paramedic father killed in Israeli strike•Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest•Oil price hits highest since 2022 after report Trump to be briefed on new Iran options•US falls to ‘historic low’ in press freedom tracker: RSF•

China scraps tariffs for all but one African nation•Iran war live: Tehran says US ports siege ‘intolerable’; Trump mulls action•Venice Biennale jury resigns days before start of exhibition•US singer D4vd bought tools online to dispose of girl's body, prosecutors allege•Violence in Australian town after arrest of man over girl's murder•Palestine FA chief hits out at Israel federation VP at FIFA Congress•Britney Spears charged in California with driving under influence•First US-Venezuela flight lands in Caracas after seven-year suspension•US gas reaches $4.30 per gallon; Trump says prices will drop after Iran war•Palestinians mourn football loving teenager killed by Israeli army•Palestinian journalist released from Israeli prison unrecognisable•Hegseth testifies on Iran war before Senate committee: Key takeaways•Flotilla activist: Israel’s ‘brutal attack’ will not deter us•US House votes to end record shutdown over immigration enforcement•How is Israel replicating its Gaza tactics in Lebanon?•Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla near Crete and detains 175 activists•RSF condemns ‘kidnapping’ of three journalists on board Gaza aid flotilla•Trump says US studying troop cuts in Germany, as spat with Merz intensifies•Deadly Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon despite ceasefire•US passes law to resume DHS funding and end partial government shutdown•Uganda court sentences man to death for killing four children at nursery•Belgium plans to nationalise nuclear power plants•Trump says Tennessee next to redistrict after US Voting Rights Act ruling•Mexico’s Sheinbaum questions US claims of drug ties to Sinaloa governor•Iran will play World Cup games in US according to FIFA chief Infantino•Piracy rises off Somalia as US-Israeli war on Iran diverts naval forces•Lebanese girl mourns paramedic father killed in Israeli strike•Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest•Oil price hits highest since 2022 after report Trump to be briefed on new Iran options•US falls to ‘historic low’ in press freedom tracker: RSF•

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