Complex relationship between Trump and Netanyahu continues to undermine Middle East ceasefire

Recent exchange of missiles between Iran and Israel highlights diverging views between US president and Israeli PM

The latest eruption of hostilities between Iran and Israel appears to have been contained for now after Donald Trump insisted he called “all the shots” in the Middle East, but in a dangerously fragile region Benjamin Netanyahu has again shown he is ready to take shots of his own.

The exchange of missiles on Sunday and Monday was ample demonstration of the inherent instability of the current limbo between war and peace, but it also shone a bright light on the complex and conflicted relationship between the US president and the Israeli prime minister, frenemies who could determine the fate of the current ceasefire.

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‘Wasn’t even good’: US tourist says she was charged €44 for two ice creams in Rome

Post on Facebook received more than 900 comments, with one Italian writing that they were ‘ashamed’

A US tourist has warned visitors to Rome after paying €44 (£38) for two ice-creams in the Italian capital.

Nicole Ann, from Florida, advised fellow tourists to “avoid Don Nino”, an ice-cream parlour on a street off Piazza Navona. She claimed she had ordered two small cups of ice-cream but instead was charged for two large cones topped with trimmings that were allegedly not requested, including macarons, cannoli and panna (whipped cream).

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EU sanctions Iranians over restricting naval traffic in Hormuz – Reuters

  1. EU sanctions Iranians over restricting naval traffic in Hormuz  Reuters
  2. New EU sanctions against Iran: "Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is unacceptable"  Eunews
  3. Gharibabadi Dismisses New EU Sanctions as a “Political and Hypocritical” Move  WANA News Agency
  4. Iran dismisses EU sanctions over Strait of Hormuz  Middle East Eye
  5. EU sanctions Iranians over curbs to maritime traffic, Kallas says  Arab News
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Two US pilots killed after plane bound to pick up former MLB star crashes

Plane on way to pick up Yadier Molina and his family crashed in Dominican Republic, killing pilot and co-pilot

A pilot and co-pilot from the United States have died in a fiery plane crash as they attempted an emergency landing in the Dominican Republic, authorities said.

Former major league baseball all-star catcher Yadier Molina said on social media that the plane was bound for Texas to pick him up, along with family and friends.

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Russia sanctions teen son of anticorruption campaigner Bill Browder over report on alleged crypto laundering – CBS News

  1. Russia sanctions teen son of anticorruption campaigner Bill Browder over report on alleged crypto laundering  CBS News
  2. I’m a 17-year-old schoolboy. Yet Putin sanctioned me over my crypto discoveries  The Telegraph
  3. ‘I Touched a Nerve’: British Teenager Banned From Russia Over Work on Crypto Sanctions Evasion  The Moscow Times
  4. ‘I Was in High School Class When I Found Out I Got Sanctioned by Putin at 17’  The Daily Beast
  5. How a 17-year-old landed on Russia’s sanctions list over Crypto investigation  financialexpress.com
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As Crimea faces near total cut-off, panicked Russian tourists cancel plans (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,565) – EUobserver

  1. As Crimea faces near total cut-off, panicked Russian tourists cancel plans (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,565)  EUobserver
  2. Russia's fuel crisis intensifies as Ukraine steps up strikes on occupied territories  BBC
  3. Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities  CNN
  4. Ukraine says Crimea faces food shortages  TVP World
  5. Report: Residents report fuel shortages at gas stations in Russia. Regional governor blames ‘artificial panic buying.’  Meduza
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Iran war: who is fighting and why?

Arch-enemies Israel and Iran have returned to active confrontation while Donald Trump tries to present himself as mediator

Israel and Iran have returned to active war for the first time since a ceasefire was agreed two months ago in an exchange of rocket fire that threatened efforts to end the conflict.

Donald Trump, who started the war in February alongside Israel but has since attempted to present himself as a mediator, told the two sides to stop shooting and said “final negotiations” on peace were proceeding. By late afternoon on Monday, the attacks had stopped.

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