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  • Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Friday, June 19
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    Live Updatesa min ago US envoy heading to Switzerland as Lebanon fighting tests Iran agreement
  • A displaced family on a scooter fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon drives on a highway in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on June 19, 2026.
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    Why is there fighting in Lebanon and does it threaten the Iran deal?
  • A woman sits in the rubble of her destroyed home in the southern Lebanese village of Toul on June 18, 2026. The Israeli military said on June 18 it will continue operating in southern Lebanon and "remove threats" beyond its so-called security zone, after the US and Iran signed an agreement to end the Middle East war, including in Lebanon. (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP via Getty Images) /
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    Live Updatesa min ago June 19, 2026 - Israel and Hezbollah renew truce
  • An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) armed military personnel monitors an area while standing guard during a nightly pro-government rally marking the Muslim holy month of Muharram in downtown Tehran, Iran, on June 15, 2026. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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    Iran’s hardliners threaten to spoil the regime’s victory lap
  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian shows the document of U.S. Memorandum of Understanding in Tehran, Iran, June 18.
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    Live Updatesa min ago June 18, 2026 - US and Iran sign initial agreement
  • Fahd Abu Haikal and his elder son, Kinan, carry the body of his seven-month-old son, Sam, during the funeral in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on June 6, 2026. The Palestinian Health Ministry stated Sam was killed and his parents were wounded by Israeli gunfire on the evening of June 5 in southern Hebron. The Israeli military stated soldiers fired at a vehicle they perceived as accelerating toward them and expressed sorrow over harm to civilians, while the family stated they had come to a complete stop on the soldiers' orders.
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  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is interviewed on September 25, 2025.
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    Iran’s ‘accidental’ president has survived the war. Peace may be a tougher challenge
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  • US Army crew members conduct flight checks on an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter in the US Central Command Area of Responsibility on November 5, 2025.
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  • A nurse looks through a shattered window of the Jabal Amel Hospital into a destroyed building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 2.
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    Why Lebanon may hold the key to the future of the Iran war
  • <p>A top Iranian official has cast doubts on a deal being imminently reached between the US and Iran, telling CNN major roadblocks persist on issues like Iran’s nuclear programme and uranium enrichment. Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee told CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen that a “lack of trust” remains between the two sides and Tehran is yet to see a “serious will” from Washington to finalise the framework for a deal. </p>
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  • Fahd Abu Haikal, 41 displays a mobile photo of his seven month old Palestinian baby boy Sam, who was killed on Friday by Israeli soldiers who fired at the vehicle carrying him and his parents, in Tel Rumeida, at a hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron Saturday, June 6, 2026.
    Mahmoud Illean/AP
    Israeli soldiers open fire on car in West Bank, killing 7-month-old baby
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    Exclusive: Lebanese president accuses Iran of using his country as a bargaining chip in peace talks with the US
  • In the interview with CNN, Rezaei shed light on the Iran leadership's thinking about the country’s postwar vision, the fate of the Strait of Hormuz and how Iran may act if it is attacked again.
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    Exclusive: Iran supreme leader’s adviser says talks deadlocked over $24 billion and warns of wider war
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  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the annual ceremony on the eve of Israel's Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers (Yom HaZikaron) at the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem on April 20, 2026.
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    Emerging Iran deal risks shattering Netanyahu’s legacy
  • People walk past a mural depicting the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, May 12, 2026.
    Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters
    Iran promises ‘utter ruin’ if war restarts. Here’s what could happen if diplomacy fails
  • Ships remain anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on May 16.
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    What’s in the proposed deal that could end the US-Iran conflict?
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, on March 19.
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    Netanyahu says he directed Israeli military to take over 70% of Gaza
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  • Israel’s Ben Gvir shown taunting flotilla activists arrested with some held in stress position at port of Ashdod.
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    Video showing far-right Israeli minister taunting Gaza flotilla activists sparks global outcry
  • Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich sits before a press conference near the settlement of Maale Adumim, in a land corridor known as E1, outside Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich says ICC seeking warrant for his arrest
  • Armed pro-government supporters carry AK-45 rifles as a young boy holds a plastic gun during a military parade of Iran's self-sacrificing daughters in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 17, 2026.
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    Guns on the television and in Iran’s streets as Trump renews war threats
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