Iran says diplomacy with US only possible if Israeli aggression stops

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Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says he supports more talks with European counterparts despite lack of progress

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has said that his country is ready for more diplomacy with the US only if Israel’s war on his country is brought to an end “and the aggressor is held accountable for the crimes he committed”.

After several hours of talks with European foreign ministers in Geneva on Friday, there was no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough – or a resumption of negotiations with the US.

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Israel may have breached EU agreement, bloc’s foreign policy arm says – Reuters

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  1. Israel may have breached EU agreement, bloc's foreign policy arm says  Reuters
  2. Israel’s Gaza actions may breach EU-Israel human rights agreement: Report  Al Jazeera
  3. EU cites ‘indications’ Israel is breaching human rights obligations over conduct in Gaza  The Guardian
  4. Full text of EU report on Israeli crimes in Gaza  EUobserver
  5. EU review indicates Israel breached human rights in Gaza  Euronews.com
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Putin: Peace offers shared with Israel and Iran; Moscow hasn’t abandoned Tehran – The Times of Israel

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  1. Putin: Peace offers shared with Israel and Iran; Moscow hasn’t abandoned Tehran  The Times of Israel
  2. Putin says Russia has shared peace proposals with Israel and Iran  AP News
  3. Russia says any use of tactical nuclear weapons by US in Iran would be catastrophic, TASS reports  Reuters
  4. Russia pulls its scientists out of Iranian nuclear plant, as Israeli strikes threaten decades of collaboration  The Kyiv Independent
  5. How will Russia respond to the Israel-Iran conflict?  Al Jazeera
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CDC vaccine panel to review ingredient RFK Jr has targeted for removal

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ACIP panel to discuss influenza vaccines that contain thimerosal, which Kennedy called ‘dangerous’ in 2014 book

A key vaccine advisory panel reconstituted by health secretary and vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr is slated to discuss thimerosal-containing influenza vaccines in its first meeting – an ingredient which has been a fixation of anti-vaccine activists for decades.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will hold two separate votes later this month: one on “influenza vaccines” and one on influenza vaccines that contain thimerosal.

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Millions of people across central and eastern US under ‘heat dome’ warning

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Temperatures at or above 100F expected as extreme hot air and humidity are trapped in atmosphere

Scores of millions of people across the central and eastern US will swelter under the summer’s first “heat dome” beginning this weekend and extending through the end of next week as extreme hot air and humidity get trapped in the atmosphere.

The arrival of the heatwave coincides with Friday’s first day of summer and will bring temperatures at or above 100F (37.7C) to numerous cities as it moves to the east of the US in the coming days, forecasters say.

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Panama suspends constitutional protections in the northwest after destructive protests – AP News

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  1. Panama suspends constitutional protections in the northwest after destructive protests  AP News
  2. Panama declares emergency over banana region unrest  BBC
  3. Panama temporarily suspends some constitutional guarantees in protest-rocked province  Reuters
  4. Labor wins and increased repression: 50 days of Panama’s national strike  Peoples Dispatch
  5. Police clear roadblocks set up by protesters in Bocas del Toro  Colorado Springs Gazette
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