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Middle East crisis live: Iran says draft US deal would reopen strait of Hormuz

Iran’s state TV said Tehran had obtained a draft of an initial unofficial framework for a memorandum of understanding with the US.

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Middle East crisis live: Iran’s foreign ministry says US broke ceasefire with overnight strikes

The US has launched strikes on southern Iran in a test of the seven-week long ceasefire, as both sides played down hopes for an imminent peace deal even as negotiators from Tehran began new talks in Qatar.

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Middle East crisis live: Trump suggests countries in region should sign Abraham accords recognising Israel under any deal

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Trump pledges an additional 5,000 troops for Poland in apparent u-turn

Donald Trump has announced he will deploy an “additional” 5,000 US troops to Poland, just days after the Pentagon controversially halted a long-planned deployment of forces to the country – the largest on Nato’s eastern flank.

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UK summons Israel’s chargé d’affaires over video of minister taunting activists

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Xi says world is at risk of ‘law of the jungle’ as he hails China-Russia links

Xi Jinping said the world was at risk of regressing into the “law of the jungle” and hailed the China-Russia relationship as a stabilising global force as he hosted Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday, just days after hosting Donald Trump.

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Middle East crisis live: Iran warns it will ‘open new fronts’ against US if attacks resume after Trump suspends strikes

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UAE blames Iran or proxies for strike near nuclear plant, as Trump tells Tehran ‘clock is ticking’

The United Arab Emirates has blamed a fire near its nuclear power plant on a drone launched by Iran or one of its proxies in what the UAE called a “dangerous escalation”.

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Trump China visit live: ‘US and China should be partners, not rivals’, Xi says after earlier warning on Taiwan

US secretary of state Marco Rubio said the US policy on Taiwan is “unchanged” after talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

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Trump lands in China for high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping, as Iran war looms over talks

Donald Trump has landed in Beijing, the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade, as he seeks to mend power and prestige weakened by the war in Iran.