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The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides.

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Ten years after nations adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and a political backlash against clean energy.

Fresh off redistricting win, Newsom to head to climate talks in Brazil

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The California governor is coming off a political victory that solidified him as one of Democrats’ most prominent retorts to President Donald Trump.

The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides.

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Ten years after nations worldwide adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and political backlash against clean energy.

Britain’s plan to raise NHS drug prices won’t bring back Lilly’s investment

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Comments from medicines firm Eli Lilly will be a blow to British officials, who are in advanced negotiations with the Trump administration to secure tariff relief.

Spanish conservatives take late, limited responsibility for deadly Valencia floods

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Regional President Carlos Mazón announces his resignation, after a year during which the center right blamed PM Pedro Sánchez and even the national weather service for the disaster.

Don’t worry, Slovaks, you’re allowed to run for the bus

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Slovak police clarifies the 6 kilometers per hour rule for sidewalks will apply mainly to people on bikes, scooters, roller skates and skateboards.

UN: Global climate plans falling short of the goal

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Greenhouse gas pollution in 2035 would be only 6 percent lower than levels that countries have previously promised to hit by 2030, according to a U.N. report based on skimpy submissions from governments around the world.

Ukraine war briefing: Russia claims test of nuclear-powered missile condemned as ‘flying Chornobyl’

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Burevestnik stayed in air for 15 hours, defence minister tells Vladimir Putin; Ukrainian drones close Moscow airports. What we know on day 1,342See all our Ukraine war coverageVladimir Putin claimed Russia had successfully tested its Burevestnik cruise…

Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing

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‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid PshenichnovAntarctic krill: how did a paperclip-sized crustacean cause a diplomatic row – and why are they so important?A diplomatic row has erupted …

Israeli-American global cooling startup raises $60M to test sun-reflecting technology

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The fundraising haul marks strong enthusiasm for experiments aimed at lowering temperatures, said the company. But it also raises questions about commercializing technologies with potentially damaging consequences.

TotalEnergies misled customers with green claims, French court rules

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Court rules the oil giant engaged in “misleading commercial practices” after case was filed by climate groups.

‘Smell is a language’: Máret Ánne Sara on why Tate’s Turbine Hall whiffs of frightened reindeer

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As Sámi culture is threatened by the climate emergency and hostility from Nordic nations, the artist has built a structure of resistance: a labyrinthine artwork of animal pelts and bones based on a reindeer’s nasal passagesVisitors to Tate Modern are u…

Europe must complete the single market by 2028

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This deadline shouldn’t be seen as a slogan — it’s a contract with Europeans who want results, not reassurances. And leaders must treat it as such.

A new island erupted from the sea – can it show us how nature works without human interference?

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The volcanic island of Surtsey emerged in the 1960s, and scientists say studying its development offers hope for damaged ecosystems worldwideThe crew of the Ísleifur II had just finished casting their nets off the coast of southern Iceland when they re…

Open letter to Commissioner Costas Kadis

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We urge you to commit to phasing out the destructive practice of bottom trawling in Europe’s protected marine areas. It’s time to follow the science and demonstrate leadership.

Open letter to Commissioner Costas Kadis

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We urge you to commit to phasing out the destructive practice of bottom trawling in Europe’s protected marine areas. It’s time to follow the science and demonstrate leadership.

Grisly recording reveals bat catching, killing and eating robin mid-flight

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Before the Spanish study, some scientists had been sceptical about the mammals attacking migratory birdsBats are generally viewed as harmless, if spooky, creatures of the night. But scientists have revealed a more savage side, after witnessing a greate…

Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life

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Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadowsFor two years, a team of Swiss researchers crossed the country by train, car and foot, carrying with them a red frame measuring …

Nobel prize in medicine awarded to scientists for immune system research

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Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi worked on how the immune system can be prevented from harming the bodyThe Nobel prize in physiology or medicine 2025 has been awarded to three scientists for their work on how the immune system is kept…

What lies behind ‘unmet medical need’?

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SNEAK PEEK — Defining unmet medical need is not only semantics, it will determine which companies reap Europe’s biggest rewards. — How can countries afford innovative treatments? Data may hold the key. — Where is the push for equal access from Europe’s Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi? Welcome to Friday’s Morning Health Care!  With the geopolitical tensions rising “it […]

Danes probe cutting red tape in pharma package talks

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SNEAK PEEK — The Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU is asking countries for “flexibilities” on the pharma legislation in talks with the European Parliament.   — WHO members have eschewed pharma lobbyists in favor of scientists and academics to advise on the pandemic agreement. — Health experts in Gastein stress the importance […]

China doubles down on climate, wind and solar pledges — a day after Trump called them a ‘scam’

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Clean energy is the “trend of our time,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said while announcing modest targets for trimming the economic superpower’s carbon pollution.

Supercentenarian gives scientists insight on secrets of healthy old age

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Tests on Maria Branyas Morera, who was world’s oldest person before she died last year aged 117, gave doctors a trove of discoveriesThe nonagenarian actor Dame Joan Collins may have been on to something when she declared “age is just a number”.The deep…

In Arctic region of Svalbard, scientists study impact of climate change on polar bears

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Some 300 polar bears live in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. But with sea ice rapidly receding due to climate change, researchers are trying to understand how the animals are adapting. FRANCE 24’s Olivier Morin, Matthew Kay and Solenn Marcoux r…

Trump decries Tylenol use by pregnant women

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His remarks also spurred doctors to warn that they could prompt pregnant women to avoid acetaminophen in situations where it’s warranted and clinically advisable.

The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?

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On a tiny Italian island, scientists conducted a radical experiment to see if the bees were causing their wild cousins to declineOff the coast of Tuscany is a tiny island in the shape of a crescent moon. An hour from mainland Italy, Giannutri has just …

Precious gold samples stolen in raid on French natural history museum

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Museum says specimens taken are worth €600,000 based on price of gold but have ‘immeasurable heritage value’Historic gold samples with a street value of €600,000 but priceless to scientists and researchers have been stolen from the French national natu…

Thousands died from heat made worse by climate change this summer

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Italy and Spain were the most affected countries.

Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’

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Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gasesHuman-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality…

Tourist riding electric unicycle spotted on Dolomites hiking trail

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Italian scientists travelling to measure Marmolada glacier ‘astonished’ when visitor overtook them on rocky pathResearchers monitoring a melting glacier on the Marmolada, the largest peak in the Italian Dolomites, said they were astonished to witness a…

Climate change is burning a €43B hole in Europe’s pocket

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Global warming is making droughts, fires and floods more likely.

Climate change is burning a €43B hole in Europe’s pocket

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Global warming is making droughts, fires and floods more likely.

Voters still want net zero. Just keep Miliband and Starmer away.

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The public backs the U.K. government’s push to go green — but they don’t want to hear about it from politicians.

Drugs, diet and AI: the ‘gamechanger’ new findings on tackling heart conditions

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Five areas of focus at world’s largest heart conference said to mark ‘turning point’ in cardiology and patient careDoctors, scientists and researchers have shared new findings on ways to tackle heart conditions at the 2025 European Society of Cardiolog…

Putin, Xi and the mechanics of everlasting life

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While the world’s autocrats fantasize about replacing body parts like car tires, the science just isn’t there.

Prepare for possible US troop drawdown in Europe, Estonia says

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President Alar Karis warns that all European countries should be prepared for Russian provocations.

The far right’s green bashing has given mainstream parties an excuse to do nothing – but we have more agency than we think | Ajit Niranjan

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As powerful forces push back against green forces, it is little surprise that many of us feel dismay. Climate scientists do, too. But together we can take action to challenge the prevailing apathySupport the Guardian’s independent journalism today Last…

Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds

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Wildfires were 30% more intense than would have been expected without global heating, scientists sayThe extreme weather that fuelled “astonishing” blazes across Spain and Portugal last month was made 40 times more likely by climate breakdown, early ana…

Extreme weather driven by climate change made wildfires in Spain, Portugal 40 times more likely

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Heat waves similar to the one that hit Spain in August are now expected to occur about every 13 years.

Putin and Xi wanna live forever

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“Predictions are, this century, there is also a chance of living to 150,” says Chinese leader to Russian president.

Gulf Stream ‘could collapse in our lifetime,’ warns EU climate chief

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Key ocean current that keeps Europe warm could start shutting down this century, Dutch studies projects.

Bogging down Putin: NATO’s frontline states mull reviving tank-trapping peatlands 

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Restoring the EU’s drained bogs would stop both Russian tanks and planet-warming pollution.

EU wildfires hit new record as flames scorch area larger than Cyprus

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The area burned this year has exceeded the 1 million hectare mark for the first time since records started in 2006.

Wildfires are preventable. So why does the Iberian Peninsula keep burning?

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Governments can’t use climate change as an excuse for failing to take preventive measures, scientists say.

Wildfire smoke far more dangerous to health than thought, say scientists

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Deaths from short-term exposure to fine particulates spewed by forest fires underestimated by 93%Choking smoke spewed by wildfires is far more dangerous than previously thought, a new study has found, with death tolls from short-term exposure to fine p…

‘No country is safe’: deadly Nordic heatwave supercharged by climate crisis, scientists say

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Historically cool nations saw hospitals overheating and surge in drownings, wildfires and toxic algal bloomsThe prolonged Nordic heatwave in July was supercharged by the climate crisis and shows “no country is safe from climate change”, scientists say….

Climate change made Nordic heatwave 2 degrees warmer

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The chances of reaching dangerous temperatures are only growing as the planet keeps warming up because of climate change, scientists warn.

Israel locks aid groups out of Gaza as Palestinians starve, say NGOs

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Israel has threatened to ban nonprofits from Gaza unless they hand over details of their Palestinian staff, 100 NGOs say in joint statement.

Hunting microplastics: French scientists sound the alarm on plastic pollution

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We eat, breathe and drink them, but there is still much we don’t know. We’re talking about microplastics. They’re dangerous for the environment and for our health. They can absorb toxic substances and easily make their way into the food chain. What is …

Wildfires rage in Europe as millions swelter under record heat

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Wildfires swept parts of Europe on Tuesday as record temperatures, in some areas above 40°C, gripped the continent. Scientists warn that climate change is fuelling more frequent and intense heatwaves, leaving regions from Spain to Turkey battling blaz…

UK recovers position in EU’s Horizon Europe science research programme

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Scientists received €735m in grants in 2024 after UK rejoined programme as associate member post-BrexitEurope live – latest updatesThe UK is quickly recovering a prime position in the EU’s £80bn science research programme 18 months after becoming a par…

Thousands evacuated in Spain as deadly heatwave fans Mediterranean wildfires

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Boy, four, dies of heatstroke in Rome as scientists say high temperatures and fires are reminder of climate emergencyThe deadly heatwave fanning wildfires across the Mediterranean region has claimed at least three lives and forced thousands of people f…

Extreme heatwave sweeps Europe, fuelling the risk wildfires in France

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A heatwave hit parts of Europe on Monday, reaching 43°C in southern France and sparking wildfire risks, while Bulgaria battled nearly 200 blazes and Hungary saw record highs. France issued rare red alerts as scientists warn Europe is warming nearly tw…

Southern Europe swelters under deadly heatwave as temperatures pass 40C

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Scientists warn of ‘molotov cocktail’ of climatic conditions fuelling vast wildfires across MediterraneanDeadly heat of up to 42C is searing southern Europe, as scientists warn of a “molotov cocktail” of climatic conditions that is fuelling vast wildfi…

Southern Europe suffocates in deadly heat-fuelled wildfires

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Southern Europe is grappling with a series of devastating wildfires. At least 14 people have died in Turkey, extreme heat making conditions especially dangerous. Fires have also broken out in Greece, Spain and France. Scientists warn climate change is…

Belgium’s ‘Kafkaesque’ visa policy has ‘devastating’ consequences in Gaza, lawyers warn

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People in Gaza wanting a humanitarian visa from Belgium are being told to apply in Jerusalem or Cairo.

Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave

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Scientists record longest streak of temperatures higher than 30C in region in records going back to 1961Cold Nordic countries are being seared by “truly unprecedented” heat, as hot weather strengthened and lengthened by carbon pollution continues to ro…

Experts baffled as rarely seen beaked whales involved in series of strandings

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Incidents across northern Europe on 26 and 27 July have left scientists trying to understand why so many of the deep-diving whales have appearedA series of strandings of one of the world’s deepest dwelling and most rarely seen types of whale in the las…

In the race against China, the US is losing

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Unless Washington rectifies the situation swiftly, it will find not just Beijing but other parts of the world passing it by.

Europe’s big trash-burning experiment has become a dirty headache

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Waste-to-energy was sold as a greener option to landfill, but evidence is mounting that burning garbage is far from clean.

A decade after its landmark deal, Europe faces a defining test in Iran

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Having helped forge the Iran nuclear deal, the bloc must decide if it will once again take the diplomatic lead or be swayed by the illusion that might makes right.

Putin’s bloody war puts democracy under strain in Ukraine

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is consolidating power — raising fears about the country’s future.

World’s top court says climate inaction can breach international law

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Nonmembership of the Paris Agreement doesn’t exempt countries from duty to fight global warming, ICJ says.

Weather tracker: Mediterranean heatwave sparks concern for marine life

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Sea surface temperatures soar near Spain and Portugal, while torrential rain and landslides kill four in South KoreaA recent heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea has been so severe that scientists are concerned for marine life.The human-induced climate cr…

Double murder in Tehran exposes growing anger over Iran’s brutal judiciary

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Iran’s politicized court system has a central role in public discontent with the Islamic Republic’s clerical elite.

A Dutch dangerous experiment in criminalizing compassion: How a parliamentary "slip-up" could create Europe’s harshest migration law

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 Huub Verbaten, Research
Fellow at the Clingendael Institute

Photo credit: Markus Bernet, via Wikimedia
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On the evening of
July 3, 2025, as Dutch parliamentarians prepared to vote on what could become
some of Europe’s most restrictive asy…

EU weighs suspending Israel ties over Gaza crisis

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The proposed measures come as the bloc faces growing pressure to take action.

Climate change tripled recent heat deaths in Europe, scientists say

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Global warming caused an additional 1,500 deaths in 12 cities during last week’s heat wave, an analysis found. 

Climate breakdown tripled death toll in Europe’s June heatwave, study finds

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Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists sayPlanet-heating pollution tripled the death toll from the “quietly devastating” heatwave that seared Europe at the end of June, early analysis covering …

EU targets 90% cut in emissions by 2040 as green groups cry foul

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Anger as long-awaited announcement of cuts against 1990 pollution levels allows for foreign carbon creditsThe EU should slash its planet-heating pollution by 90% by 2040, the European Commission has announced, in a proposed change to its climate law th…

Saudis, US drive strife inside global climate science body

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The proposed selection of a Saudi Aramco oil company staffer as one of the authors of a key science report has been denounced as “political capture.”

Meet the first ‘scientific refugees’ fleeing the US for France

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Aix-Marseille University is wooing researchers who feel targeted by the Trump administration.

Iran reportedly bans IAEA chief, surveillance cameras from nuclear plants

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Tehran claims Israel’s government obtained “sensitive facility data,” according to media reports.

Trump administration struggling to back up president’s bold claims on Iran strikes

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Trump officials are trying to prove the airstrikes in Iran were every bit as flawless as the president first claimed.

How Europe is leading efforts to digitize and save our ocean

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To protect life on Earth, we must protect the ocean. UNOC3 revealed how innovative technological advances are helping to translate knowledge into concrete action.

Opinion | JD Vance said the Iran strikes set their nuclear program back ‘substantially.’ He’s wrong.

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The strikes probably only delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions — and reinvigorated them.

How to navigate Denmark’s EU presidency policy agenda like a pro

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Denmark picks up the Council leadership baton at a moment of geopolitical volatility.

Tick tock goes Denmark’s climate clock

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The Danish presidency has under three months to reach a deal on the EU’s next emissions-cutting targets.

World’s nuclear disarmament era over, report warns

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China, India, Pakistan, and Israel are among those increasing their nuclear muscle.

Trump told Israel not to kill Iran’s supreme leader

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The president has insisted that a path still exists for Israel and Iran to resolve their issues with diplomacy.

Israel in no rush to wrap up Iran war, ambassador says

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“The objective is not to contain the war. The objective is to win the war,” Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said.

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