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Iran ceasefire set to expire; Israel accuses Hizbullah of breaching Lebanon truce, and more
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Hours before the ceasefire between America and Iran was due to expire on Wednesday, there was no agreement on extending it or holding fresh talks; Israel’s armed forces accused Hizbullah, an Iran-backed militia, of breaching an American-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon after firing rockets at its troops in southern Lebanon.
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