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Oil prices climb as Iran talks hit new impasse; Tui hit by high fuel costs – business live
Oil prices rose towards $90 a barrel after reported attacks on ships near key Middle Eastern waterways and a renewed impasse in US-Iran negotiations heightened fears of disrupted fuel supplies. The developments matter because prolonged disruption around the Strait of Hormuz could raise energy costs globally and add pressure to inflation and businesses reliant on…
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Trump explains plane switch following Iranian threats against Air Force One
Donald Trump said he changed aircraft following Iranian threats directed at Air Force One, according to the report. The incident is significant because threats against the US presidential aircraft would raise major security concerns and could affect presidential travel arrangements. The article’s title indicates that Trump personally explained the decision to switch planes, linking it…
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Woke NYC mayor humiliated by NYPD after suggesting his ‘private’ wife should have taxpayer-funded police bodyguards for trip to Syria
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has been rebuffed by the NYPD after requesting that taxpayer-funded police bodyguards accompany his wife on a personal trip to Syria. The episode has proved politically embarrassing for Mamdani, who has built his public image around progressive, anti-establishment credentials, as critics accuse him of hypocrisy for seeking special protection…
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Trump confirms decoy aircraft switch amid Iranian missile threat
President Trump has confirmed that he secretly changed aircraft after a Nato summit in Ankara because of an alleged Iranian missile threat. The manoeuvre was intended to protect the President by allowing Air Force One to act as a decoy, highlighting the security measures used when intelligence suggests a direct risk to presidential travel. Trump…
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Trump’s dramatic plane swap hints at personal stakes of Iran war
A BBC analysis highlights the personal dimension of the US-Iran conflict after it emerged that Donald Trump secretly swapped aircraft while returning from June’s Nato summit in Turkey, reportedly due to credible intelligence of an Iranian missile threat to Air Force One. Trump was moved between planes inside a catering truck as a decoy 747…
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Pentagon tells Congress US military airstrikes in Yemen resulted in 153 civilians killed
The Pentagon told Congress this week that the U.S. military’s airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen last year resulted in 153 civilians killed and another 243 individuals injured in the Middle Eastern nation. Following Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea early last year, President Trump authorized airstrikes against the rebels in March…
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Tyler Feehan’s mother and fiancée recall his excitement before fatal Middle East deployment
Army 1st Lt Tyler Feehan’s mother, Shari Feehan, and his fiancée, Claire Fletcher, have spoken publicly about his enthusiasm ahead of the Middle East deployment during which he was killed. Feehan died in a drone attack linked to Iranian-backed forces in Jordan, and his family shared their memories of him in a televised interview to…
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Air Force One swap calls into question Trump’s safety abroad
A newly reported Secret Service ruse to fly President Trump out of the NATO summit last month in Turkey amid an assassination threat from Iran is raising questions about the president’s security while traveling abroad. Trump left Ankara on an alternate aircraft because of the threat, The Washington Post first reported Monday. After announcing he…
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Trump’s sly plane switch raises eyebrows over safety of passengers left behind on board
Reports that President Donald Trump secretly switched to a military jet during last month’s NATO summit in Turkey have drawn scrutiny after it emerged the move was made to evade a credible threat from Iran. The manoeuvre, which reportedly also involved a decoy Air Force One and a catering truck used as cover, has raised…
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Syrian court sentences Assad to death in absentia
A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted former President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after it convicted him on counts of murder, torture and crimes against humanity before and after the country’s civil war. The sentencing by the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus is the first against al-Assad since the dictator was overthrown in…