LIVE UPDATES: Trump reacts to Iran picking Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader: ‘Not happy’ – Fox News

  1. LIVE UPDATES: Trump reacts to Iran picking Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader: ‘Not happy’  Fox News
  2. Live updates: US says it destroyed Iranian naval ships and minelayers near the Strait of Hormuz  CNN
  3. New Iranian Leader Was Wounded Early in the War, Iranian and Israeli Officials Say  The New York Times
  4. How Iran Is Building a Religious Mythology Around Its New Supreme Leader  WSJ
  5. N Korea ‘respects’ Iran’s selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader  Al Jazeera
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Cologne Cathedral’s plans to charge for tickets spark outcry

Limiting access to German church to well-off visitors would be ‘socially unjust’, critics say

Plans at Cologne Cathedral to start charging visitor fees have sparked an outcry, with critics warning against limiting access to the majestic gothic building to the well-off.

Officials said this month that the cathedral, the tallest twin-spired church in the world and a tourist magnet in Germany’s fourth largest city, could only be maintained with a new revenue stream.

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Live Updates: Iran war rages as Pentagon says about 140 U.S. service members wounded overall – CBS News

  1. Live Updates: Iran war rages as Pentagon says about 140 U.S. service members wounded overall  CBS News
  2. Exclusive: As many as 150 US troops wounded so far in Iran war, sources say  Reuters
  3. Live updates: About 140 U.S. troops wounded as U.S. launches ‘most intense' strikes on Iran  NBC4 Washington
  4. Pentagon Says 140 Service Members Have Been Injured in Iran War  The New York Times
  5. Iran live updates: 140 US troops wounded so far, mostly minor injuries  abcnews.com
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Israel launches new strikes at Iran and Lebanon, as US says it has hit 16 Iranian mine-laying ships – BBC

  1. Israel launches new strikes at Iran and Lebanon, as US says it has hit 16 Iranian mine-laying ships  BBC
  2. What we know on the 12th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran  CNN
  3. Iran war live: Tehran says US, Israel have hit nearly 10,000 civilian sites  Al Jazeera
  4. WATCH: White House holds briefing as U.S. announces 'most intense' day of strikes on Iran  PBS
  5. Combatants in Mideast war trade more air strikes as Iran clamps down on dissent  Reuters
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6 members of the Iranian women’s soccer team granted asylum in Australia – AP News

  1. 6 members of the Iranian women’s soccer team granted asylum in Australia  AP News
  2. Two more people connected to Iranian football team choose to stay in Australia  BBC
  3. Seven members of Iranian women’s soccer team granted visas as rest of squad leaves Australia  CNN
  4. Australia grant 2 more Iran team members asylum before return  ESPN
  5. Iran’s female footballers faced an impossible choice, but we must not romanticise what they are going through  The Guardian
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Iran’s Control of Hormuz Means It’s Exporting More Oil Today Than Before the War – WSJ

  1. Iran’s Control of Hormuz Means It’s Exporting More Oil Today Than Before the War  WSJ
  2. Iran sends millions of oil barrels to China through Strait of Hormuz even as war chokes the waterway  CNBC
  3. Greek Oil Tanker Exits Strait of Hormuz With Its Signal Off  Bloomberg
  4. Why shadow tankers are the only ships still moving through the Strait of Hormuz  The Conversation
  5. Dark ships and shadow fleets – what is crossing 'closed' Strait of Hormuz?  Sky News
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