‘Whole region is going to burn’: Iran’s ‘living hell’ warning to US amid Donald Trump’s threats of striking power plants | World News – Hindustan Times

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  1. ‘Whole region is going to burn’: Iran's ‘living hell’ warning to US amid Donald Trump's threats of striking power plants | World News  Hindustan Times
  2. Iran war live: Tehran slams Trump’s threats over Strait of Hormuz closure  Al Jazeera
  3. Iran’s Ghalibaf Says Region Will ‘Burn’ After Trump Threats  WSJ
  4. "Whole Region Going To Burn": Iranian Parliament Speaker's Warning To Trump  ndtv.com
  5. Iran responds to Trump’s threats, urging US president to end ‘dangerous game’  The Independent
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Iran strikes Kuwait’s oil infrastructure before Opec+ supply talks

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Members reportedly agree a rise of 206,000 barrels a day in May, but move symbolic while strait of Hormuz is effectively closed

Iranian drones have struck Kuwait’s oil infrastructure, causing “severe material damage” that threatens to further disrupt oil supplies already hit by the US-Israel war on Iran.

The drone strikes on Sunday came hours before members of the Opec+ group of major global oil suppliers gathered to discuss how to bolster output despite Iran’s effective closure of the strait of Hormuz shipping route.

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Chance of alien life ‘goes to heart’ of space missions, Nasa chief says

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Jared Isaacman says odds of evidence we are not alone are ‘pretty high’ four days after Artemis II rocket lifted off

The top official at Nasa says that the chance of alien existence is a factor in how the US space agency plans its missions.

Speaking on Sunday, Nasa administrator Jared Isaacman told CNN’s Meet the Press that investigating the existence of alien life “goes to the heart of many things that we do at Nasa”, adding: “Our job here is to go out and try and unlock the secrets of the universe.”

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‘Unhinged madman’: US politicians react to Trump’s expletive-laden threat to Iran

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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bernie Sanders among those responding with alarm to Trump writing ‘open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards’

Some US politicians have reacted with alarm and questioned the US president’s mental state after Donald Trump issued an abusive, expletive-laden threat to Iran in which he called on the regime to “open the fuckin’ strait [of Hormuz], you crazy bastards”, as he threatened to further attack the country’s energy and transport infrastructure.

The US president wrote on his Truth Social platform: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

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Jewish settlers burn farm sites, buildings in West Bank – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Jewish settlers burn farm sites, buildings in West Bank  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, burn house, two tents, and three vehicles near Nablus  Middle East Eye
  3. Eight arrested over fiery settler rampage in West Bank village  The Times of Israel
  4. Fattouh: Attacks in Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya and Qusra Are War Crimes and Systematic Ethnic Cleansing  شبكة يافا الإخبارية
  5. Israeli occupiers wound 10 Palestinians, burn homes and vehicles in West Bank attacks  aa.com.tr
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Seven arrested over alleged support for Palestine Action at RAF Lakenheath protest

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Protesters held on Sunday after joining a Lakenheath Alliance for Peace encampment outside airbase in Suffolk

Seven people have been arrested under suspicion of supporting the banned group Palestine Action after a protest in Suffolk.

They were arrested on Sunday morning after joining a peace encampment to create a blockade outside the main gate of Lakenheath airbase. The protest was organised after media reports that a US fighter jet shot down in Iran on Friday had taken off from the Lakenheath base.

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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

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Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

When Corentin Roudaut moved to Paris 10 years ago, he was too scared to cycle. The IT developer had biked everywhere as a student in Rennes but felt overwhelmed by the bustling French capital. Cars were everywhere. Cyclists had almost no protection.

But once authorities carved out space for a segregated bike lane on Boulevard Voltaire near his home in the 11th arrondissement, Roudaut returned to the two-wheel commute and did not look back.

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