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Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days in exchange for an end to the US naval blockade, sanctions relief and the release of $12bn in frozen assets. Trump rejected it. As a third US aircraft carrier heads for the Gulf, nearly 70% of Americans say the war is not worth fighting.
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has called the US an "insensitive partner" on terrorism, accused it of warming to Pakistan and pursuing "self-centred" trade policies — a new blunt edge in New Delhi's dealings with the Trump administration.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 stabbed the captain and "tried to crash the plane" with 174 people aboard, crediting the Indian captain Smit Machchhar and passengers who stormed the cockpit with averting disaster. The co-pilot has been arrested in Saudi Arabia.
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Seven months after the United States went to war with Iran, negotiators met in New York in the first talks since June. President Trump rejected Tehran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for ending the US naval blockade.
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The US military has completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission against the Islamic State group. President Trump called the conclusion of the deployment "a very expensive excursion into Hell".
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv struck an oil site in Samara region overnight, plus a Black Sea vessel and a drone base in Oryol. Donald Trump has urged a halt, linking the campaign to U.S. diesel prices ahead of midterms; analysts still point first to the war in Iran.
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