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- US President Donald Trump tells reporters that the country faces a choice to either make a deal with Iran or “blow them up”.
- US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has told military leaders at the Quantico Marine base outside Washington, DC, that American forces have “destroyed” Iran’s navy, air force, defence systems, leadership and military-industrial capacity, while also crippling its nuclear ambitions.
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