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BBC News with Charles Carroll
BBC
News
with
Charles
Carroll
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have dismissed President
Iran's
Revolutionary
Guards
have
dismissed
President
Trump's suggestion that the US and
Trump's
suggestion
that
the
US
and
Israeli war with Iran is almost
Israeli
war
with
Iran
is
almost
complete, saying it will be them,
complete
saying
it
will
be
them
not the Americans, who determine the
not
the
Americans
who
determine
the
end of hostilities.
end
of
hostilities
Tehran has fired more drones and
Tehran
has
fired
more
drones
and
missiles at its Gulf neighbours.
missiles
at
its
Gulf
neighbours
Mr Trump had acknowledged that the
Mr
Trump
had
acknowledged
that
the
conflict would not end this week.
conflict
would
not
end
this
week
The world's biggest producer of crude
The
world's
biggest
producer
of
crude
oil says it's absolutely critical that
oil
says
it's
absolutely
critical
that
shipping resumes in the Strait of
shipping
resumes
in
the
Strait
of
Hormuz, warning of catastrophic consequences if
Hormuz
warning
of
catastrophic
consequences
if
it remains blocked.
it
remains
blocked
The CEO of Saudi Aramco said
The
CEO
of
Saudi
Aramco
said
the longer the disruption went on,
the
longer
the
disruption
went
on
the more drastic the global consequences would be.
the
more
drastic
the
global
consequences
would
be
The United Nations Refugee Agency says
The
United
Nations
Refugee
Agency
says
more than 100,000 people have been
more
than
100000
people
have
been
displaced by the war in Lebanon
displaced
by
the
war
in
Lebanon
in a single day.
in
a
single
day
It brings the total to more
It
brings
the
total
to
more
than 660,000 people.
than
660000
people
Human Rights Watch says drone attacks
Human
Rights
Watch
says
drone
attacks
by Haitian security forces targeting criminal
by
Haitian
security
forces
targeting
criminal
gangs have killed more than 1,200
gangs
have
killed
more
than
1200
people, including civilians and children.
people
including
civilians
and
children
It said operations had significantly increased
It
said
operations
had
significantly
increased
in recent months.
in
recent
months
Profits at Volkswagen for last year
Profits
at
Volkswagen
for
last
year
have fallen by more than 40%
have
fallen
by
more
than
40
to about $10 billion after attacks
to
about
10
billion
after
attacks
touching their lowest level in a decade.
touching
their
lowest
level
in
a
decade
The German carmaker said that it
The
German
carmaker
said
that
it
was hit by US import tariffs
was
hit
by
US
import
tariffs
and intense competition from China.
and
intense
competition
from
China
UN investigators have accused Nicaragua's government
UN
investigators
have
accused
Nicaragua's
government
of formalizing repression through legal and constitutional reforms.
of
formalizing
repression
through
legal
and
constitutional
reforms
The experts concluded that co-presidents Daniel
The
experts
concluded
that
co-presidents
Daniel
Ortega and his wife Rosario Morello
Ortega
and
his
wife
Rosario
Morello
were responsible for serious, systematic and
were
responsible
for
serious
systematic
and
widespread human rights violations.
widespread
human
rights
violations
There's been no response from the Nicaraguan government.
There's
been
no
response
from
the
Nicaraguan
government
And thousands of British lawyers have
And
thousands
of
British
lawyers
have
urged the government to drop a
urged
the
government
to
drop
a
plan to restrict the right to jury trials.
plan
to
restrict
the
right
to
jury
trials
Under the plan, a single judge
Under
the
plan
a
single
judge
would decide cases rather than a
would
decide
cases
rather
than
a
jury where the defendant is likely
jury
where
the
defendant
is
likely
to receive less than three years in jail.
to
receive
less
than
three
years
in
jail
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