US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says allies will need to decide whether they "are with us or against us".
BBC News – World The US will impose “the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday, with a focus on economic measures he suggested would lessen the need for new major military operations against Tehran.
The United States has unveiled a widened economic sanctions campaign against Iran that targets anyone dealing with the Islamic regime in Tehran and threatens to remove from the U.S. dollar system entities that facilitate Iranian money laundering. Iran says it is 'fully prepared' to counter the sanctions and has vowed retaliation.
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Iran responded to the widened U.S. sanctions by saying it is 'fully prepared' to counter them and has a plan to address them, while still vowing retaliation without taking concrete action.
BBC News – World The US will impose “the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday, with a focus on economic measures he suggested would lessen the need for new major military operations against Tehran.
Sky News – World A Kenyan court has found self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie and about 30 co-accused guilty of murder over the starvation deaths of 191 people, 190 of them children. Prosecutors said Mackenzie's Good News International Church ordered followers to starve themselves and their children to death. His wife Rhoda Maweu was among those convicted.
NYTimes – World Australian MP Helen Haines, 65, remains in critical condition after a leg was amputated following a deliberate car attack outside her office in Victoria. A suspect, identified by family as Brendan Nugent, is in custody and has been charged; his father said the family had known Haines for more than 20 years. Australia's counterterrorism team was activated after the incident.
Sky News – World Japan launched an uncrewed MMX spacecraft on Tuesday to collect samples from Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, in a mission joined by five international space agencies. The $578 million project aims to return dust, soil and rocks to Earth in 2031 to help study how the moons formed and the origins of the Solar System. Reports differ on whether the mission duration is three or five years.
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