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Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the war with Iran.
Tehran has asserted that any peace deal will have to respect its “red lines” as the US and Iran again clash in attacks that are severely testing both the ceasefire and peace talks.
The US called out Tehran for an “egregious violation” of their ceasefire after Iranian forces fired a ballistic missile toward the US base in Kuwait
A senior Iranian official has now insisted that it will continue to enrich uranium and control the Strait of Hormuz, actions the US has demanded cannot continue.
The US Justice Department, now run by Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, has targeted yet another person the US President doesn’t like.
This time it’s writer E Jean Carroll who was awarded almost $US90 million in damages from Mr Trump in two cases including a civil case where he was found liable for sexually abusing her. Ms Carroll is now reportedly being investigated for alleged perjury.
The US has strenuously denied its diplomats fled Kyiv after Russia warned of an escalation in bombing of Ukraine’s capital. A European official claimed that while all their embassies remained open, their US counterparts had scarpered.
And the White House has threatened a bonkers plan to shut down immigration processing at one of New York’s busiest airports due to anti-immigration enforcement protests nearby.
That would mean thousands of travellers to and from the US would be unable to fly, potentially causing chaos at airports.
If you thought the hours’ long queues at US airport security were bad earlier this year, wait until the entire security operation is shut down.
Read on for more updates.
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