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Adam Schiff calls for Senate to ‘vigorously oppose’ Trump’s effort to make Todd Blanche his permanent attorney general – as it happened 9 June 2026 at 02:59

Adam Schiff calls for Senate to ‘vigorously oppose’ Trump’s effort to make Todd Blanche his permanent attorney general – as it happened

By: Robert Mackey · Lucy Campbell · Vivian Ho and Aneesa Ahmed

9 June 2026 at 02:59

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Donald Trump on Monday posted on Truth Social that “Israel and Iran must immediately stop ‘shooting’” before claiming an hour later that Israel and Iran were “looking to do an immediate ceasefire” and that “final negotiations on peace” were under way.

While he did not provide any further details, AFP reports that Trump had called Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.

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Lebanon’s president refuses to meet Netanyahu until war ends – as it happened 8 June 2026 at 23:04

Lebanon’s president refuses to meet Netanyahu until war ends – as it happened

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By: Vivian Ho (now) · Serena Richards, Aneesa Ahmed, Yohannes Lowe, Fran Singh and Adam Fulton (earlier)

8 June 2026 at 23:04

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Iranian media is reporting that there were no immediate casualties following apparent Israeli strikes on the Karun petrochemical plant in Mahshahr, a city in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province.

According to the Fars news agency, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they responded to what they described as an American-Israeli strike on the Iranian petrochemical site by launching a missile attack on a similar plant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.