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Iran says to keep enriching uranium, even with a deal

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday his country would keep enriching uranium ‘with or without a deal’ with world powers, despite on-going negotiations over its nuclear programme.

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Israeli strikes kill 52 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli attacks on Monday killed at least 52 people, as the military pressed a newly intensified campaign in the war-ravaged territory...

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Israeli air strikes kill 50 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 50 people, more than half of them children, a day after Israel announced an expanded military campaign in the besieged territory.

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Israel expands Gaza offensive to defeat Hamas

Israel’s military launched intensified Gaza operations on Saturday aimed at ‘the defeat of Hamas’, with rescuers in the besieged Palestinian territory reporting at least 10 killed by new Israeli strikes...

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Israel kills Hezbollah commander in Lebanon

Israel’s military said it killed a local Hezbollah commander on Saturday in south Lebanon, where authorities reported one dead in the fourth Israeli strike within days despite a November ceasefire.

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Erdogan expects end to US sanctions on defence sector

Turkey has seen an easing of US sanctions on its defence sector since Donald Trump became president, with steps towards ending the measure advancing quickly, president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday.

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Trump says many in Gaza are starving

US president Donald Trump said on Friday ‘a lot of people are starving’ in the besieged Gaza Strip, where rescuers reported more than 74 deaths in Israeli air strikes since midnight.

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Iran, European powers hold nuclear talks in Turkey

Iran held talks with European powers on Friday about its nuclear negotiations with Washington, while US President Donald Trump issued a new threat unless the Iranians ‘move quickly’ towards a deal.