The United States is planning to send some 3,000 soldiers from the elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East to support operations against Iran, US media reported Tuesday. They would join thousands of Marines due to arrive in the Middle East by Friday, the latest deadline set by President Donald Trump for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Guardian Washington bureau chief David Smith reports.
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Denmark's left bloc headed by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen took an early lead in Tuesday's general election but failed to secure a majority, exit polls showed, with Frederiksen's Social Democrats posting their weakest showing in 125 years. FRANCE 24's Haxie Meyers-Belkin speaks with Ulrik Pram Gad, Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies.
#Denmark #Politics #Election

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A French judge will investigate claims brought by an NGO that the former head of the European Union border agency, Frontex, was complicit in crimes against humanity, a judicial source told AFP on Tuesday. Fabrice Leggeri, a former French civil servant, was frequently accused of tolerating pushbacks of asylum seekers during a seven-year spell as Frontex chief that began in 2015. FRANCE 24's Caroline Baum reports.
#Frontex #migrants #immigration

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Pakistan’s prime minister says his country is ready to “facilitate meaningful and conclusive talks” to end the Iran war. Pakistan is one of the countries pushing diplomatically for talks between Iran and the United States after President Donald Trump said Monday there were ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran. FRANCE 24's August Hakansson reports.
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The New York Times reports on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has been pushing President Trump to continue the war against Iran, arguing that the U.S.-Israeli military campaign presents a “historic opportunity” to remake the Middle East. FRANCE 24's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Doha.
#Iran #SaudiArabia #Trump

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Russia fired almost 1,000 drones at Ukraine over the last 24-hours, unleashing one of its largest-ever daytime attacks, killing at least eight people and hitting the UNESCO-protected city centre of Lviv, officials said Tuesday. FRANCE 24's Eliza Herbert reports.
#Ukraine #Russia #war

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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Monte Francis, Nicholas Mulder, Assistant Professor at Cornell University and author of “The Economic Weapon: The Rise Of Sanctions As A Tool Of Modern War”, explains that "the Trump administration is particularly sensitive to pressure from the markets" and that "Iran has begun to use the closure of the Strait of Hormuz as a form of economic pressure".
#Iran #US #trade #StraitofHormuz

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President Donald Trump's administration is considering deploying thousands of U.S. troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the U.S. military prepares for ​possible next steps in its campaign against Iran, Reuters reports quoting a U.S. official and three people familiar with the matter. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Michael O’Hanlon, Director of Research in the Foreign Policy Programme at the Brookings Institution
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday denied what he called "fake news" that Israel had dragged US President Donald Trump into war with Iran. "Does anyone really think that someone can tell President Trump what to do?" Netanyahu told journalist at a press conference. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky explains that Netanyahu's remarks were directed at an audience of one: Donald Trump.
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