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President Donald Trump has ranted about “grandstanding” Republicans after the House of Representatives voted to block strikes on Iran on Wednesday.
“Who would do such an unpatriotic thing.,” he fumed in a Truth Social post on Thursday. “They know where the negotiations stand. The Democrats are fueled by Trump Derangement Syndrome. They would rather have our Country fail than give me another, of many, victories. The four Republicans, that’s a whole other story – They’re GRANDSTANDERS! They should be ashamed of themselves. MAGA!!! President DJT”.
Republicans joined Democrats in the US House of Representatives to pass a resolution limiting Donald Trump‘s war powers. The resolution passed by a vote of 215 to 208, but still needs approval from the Republican-controlled Senate. The vote is largely symbolic and is likely to be ignored by the White House.
Israel said it will continue operations in Lebanon despite a ceasefire and Lebanese residents forced to flee will not be able to return, Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said on Thursday.
The ceasefire contingent on Hezbollah’s surrender had been announced in a joint statement after representatives from all three countries met on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Marjane Satrapi, the acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker behind the 2007 drama Persepolis, has died at the age of 56.
In a statement, the French presidency hailed her passing as “the loss of a leading figure of French culture and an artist devoted to freedom, whose work carried a universal message and earned her immense international acclaim”.
President Emmanuel Macron and his wife also paid tribute, saying that she was “a remarkable artist who transformed an Iranian childhood into a universal fable”.
Republicans joined Democrats in the US House of Representatives to pass a resolution limiting Donald Trump‘s war powers. The resolution passed by a vote of 215 to 208, but still needs approval from the Republican-controlled Senate. The vote is largely symbolic and is likely to be ignored by the White House.
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief has called Washington’s announcements of a ceasefire as a “roadmap to annihilate part of the Lebanese people” since it is the closest thing to a rejection.
He called negotiations with Israel “shameless”.
President Donald Trump has ranted about “grandstanding” Republicans after the House of Representatives voted to block strikes on Iran on Wednesday.
“Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he wrote in a Truth Social post on Thursday.
“Who would do such an unpatriotic thing. They know where the negotiations stand. The Democrats are fueled by Trump Derangement Syndrome. They would rather have our Country fail than give me another, of many, victories. The four Republicans, that’s a whole other story – They’re GRANDSTANDERS! They should be ashamed of themselves. MAGA!!! President DJT”.
Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani has said that the baseline demand in Lebanon is for Israel to withdraw to positions it held prior to the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, according to state media.
He added that Lebanese fighters would soon see the results of their resistance and said supporting the resistance in Lebanon was the duty of all Muslims.
President Donald Trump marks the 500th day of his second term in the White House Thursday, but the milestone coincides with a poll showing his approval rating at a new low.
The latest survey from The Economist and YouGov places Trump’s net approval rating at -25, down 1.1 points in a week, and reveals that only 35 percent of the American public approves of the job he is doing in the Oval Office, with a massive 60 percent disapproving and the remaining 5 percent unsure.
The news magazine explains that the results make the president the most unpopular U.S. commander-in-chief since it began polling in 2009.
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Kuwait officials released footage that they say shows Iranian drones striking Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday (3 June).
Video shows an Iranian drone hitting the roof of the terminal, which erupts in flames.
Kuwaiti authorities and state media said one person was killed and more than 60 others were injured.
The attack caused “severe damage” to the Terminal 1 building, the state news agency reported, citing the General Civil Aviation Authority.
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said they did not fire at the airport, blaming the destruction on US interceptor missiles that failed to hit their targets, according to Iranian state media.
US military officials said that was not accurate and that Iranian drones targeted the airport deliberately.
President Donald Trump finds himself increasingly cornered by both adversaries and allies over the protracted Iran conflict, a military engagement he initially presented as a swift incursion but which has since devolved into a stubborn stalemate.
The situation has grown particularly tense following a tentative agreement nearly a week ago between U.S. and Iranian negotiators to extend a ceasefire by 60 days and initiate new talks on Iran’s nuclear program, an accord awaiting Trump’s final approval.
However, Trump has demanded unspecified alterations to the agreement. Iranian officials, perhaps calculating that the Republican president is hesitant to resume bombardment after depleting key weapons systems, are showing no inclination to concede to these new demands.
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