Frustrated by Iran, Trump at last seizes enriched uranium – but from Venezuela

US energy department says 13.5kg of uranium taken from reactor in Caracas – a fraction of the 408kg held by Tehran

Donald Trump has succeeded in removing a country’s stash of highly enriched uranium – although that country is not Iran.

On Friday, the US Department of Energy announced that “thanks to President Trump’s decisive leadership” 13.5kg (about 30 pounds) of uranium had been removed from a legacy research reactor in Venezuela.

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A divided kingdom: pro-independence parties surge across Britain – Reuters

  1. A divided kingdom: pro-independence parties surge across Britain  Reuters
  2. Election results: Northern Ireland leaders differ in responses to early results  BBC
  3. The United Kingdom May Be Stumbling Toward a Disastrous Breakup  Bloomberg.com
  4. Sinn Fein leader: I will work with SNP and Plaid Cymru to break up UK  The Telegraph
  5. This election is a disaster for people who want the UK to stay together  The Independent
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US awaiting response from Iran over proposals for ceasefire deal, says Rubio

Diplomatic efforts continue despite fighting in and around contested strait of Hormuz in recent days

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said that Washington is expecting a response from Iran to its proposals for an interim deal to end the conflict in the Middle East, as Iran accused the US of breaching the increasingly fragile ceasefire announced last month.

In recent days there have been the biggest flare-ups in fighting in and around the contested strait of Hormuz since the informal truce began. The rise in violence followed Donald Trump’s announcement – then rapid pause – of a new naval mission aimed at opening the strategic waterway.

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