Israel’s Ben-Gvir says he prayed at Al-Aqsa mosque compound

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Sunday and said he prayed there, challenging rules covering one of the most sensitive sites in the Middle East. Under a delicate decades-old “status quo” arrangement with Muslim authorities, the Al-Aqsa compound is administered by a Jordanian …

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Factbox-Who is Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian war hawk who got under Trump’s skin?

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has become embroiled in a tense back-and-forth on social media that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to announce he had ordered the re-positioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines. Who is Medvedev, what is his track record and how influential is he? PRESIDENT WHO BRIEFLY RAISED HOPES …

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Trump no cederá en sus últimos aranceles, según un negociador de alto rango

3 ago (Reuters) – Los aranceles que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, impuso la semana pasada a decenas de países probablemente se mantendrían en vigencia en lugar de reducirse como parte de las negociaciones en curso, dijo el domingo el representante comercial Jamieson Greer. Antes de una fecha límite del viernes, Trump fijó …

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Russian firefighters extinguish Sochi oil depot blaze after Ukrainian drone attack, authorities say

(Reuters) -A Ukrainian drone attack caused two oil tanks to catch fire at an oil depot in Sochi in southern Russia but the blazes were later extinguished, local authorities said on Sunday. Veniamin Kondratyev, the governor of the surrounding Krasnodar region, said more than 120 firefighters were deployed. The Russian defence ministry said its air …

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Russia cancels tsunami warning for Kamchatka after quake, dormant volcano erupts

(Reuters) -Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Services lifted a tsunami warning for the Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the nearby Kuril Islands. The ministry had said earlier on the Telegram messaging app that expected wave heights were low, but warned people to move away from the shore. The Pacific Tsunami Warning …

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Potential UK car finance compensation scheme would be smaller than PPI, says regulator

LONDON (Reuters) -Any future motor finance compensation scheme for consumers in Britain would be substantially smaller than the payment protection insurance (PPI) redress scheme that cost banks tens of billions of pounds, the UK’s top financial regulator said. The Supreme Court overturned a landmark ruling on car finance commissions on Friday, easing fears among banks …

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