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The World in Brief from The Economist
Iran warns “no one” will trade if it can’t; potential terrorist attack foiled at British air base, and more
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Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said American mediators had not officially relayed their rejection of an Iranian offer of a seven-day ceasefire; British police detained five men on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act after a tip-off that three vans were heading towards RAF Fairford, an air base America uses to strike Iran.
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