Before Vatican trip, Rubio defends Trump remarks on Pope Leo over Iran
Comments come before Marco Rubio’s meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday.
Israel kills one boy, injures officers in strike on Gaza police station
A 15-year-old boy, Mahmoud Sahweil, was killed when Israel struck a Gaza police station.
US Army says ‘Project Freedom’ in blockaded Hormuz has ‘just begun’
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Trump accuses pope of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with Iran stance
US president directs fresh criticism at pontiff days before secretary of state Marco Rubio’s visit to Vatican
Donald Trump has issued another verbal attack against Pope Leo, accusing the pontiff of “endangering a lot of Catholics” because “he thinks it’s fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon”.
The remarks come two days before Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, meets Leo at the Vatican in an effort to ease the tensions sparked by Trump’s previous broadside against the Chicago-born pontiff over his condemnation of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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India’s Narendra Modi celebrates a return to dominance – Financial Times
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US plans to hike tariffs on EU cars to 25% will hit luxury market the most
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Miscalculation over Strait of Hormuz could ‘bring an all-out war’
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Royal allegedly joined human safari hunters who ‘competed to kill prettiest and pregnant women’ – LADbible
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Amid hiring push, State Dept finalizes hundreds of layoffs initiated last summer – Federal News Network
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US-Iran truce teeters on meltdown as stalemate takes toll on each side – The Guardian
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