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Trump's Return to the International Stage and Middle East Trip, Iran's Uranium Enrichment Proposal, Sweden's Espionage Concerns, Armed Clashes in Tripoli, Libya, Gérard Depardieu Convicted and Others

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 In Libya, deadly clashes erupted in Tripoli following the killing of a prominent militia leader. Meanwhile, in Mexico, the family of drug lord "El Chapo" Guzmán's son traveled to the US as part of his plea deal negotiations. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a significant cabinet reshuffle, while a recount in a Canadian election district resulted in a single-vote margin, complicating the Liberals' path to a majority. Reports from Australia highlighted high salaries for university vice-chancellors and the potential for Trump's pressure on US drug prices to impact Australian costs. In the Middle East, Zelenskyy hoped Trump would recognize Putin as an obstacle to peace, a senior Swedish diplomat was arrested on suspicion of spying, Dutch climate activists vowed to sue Shell again over fossil fuel projects, and Iran proposed a regional consortium for uranium enrichment. The sources also detailed a French actor's sexual assault conviction, a large US-Saudi arms deal, US tech firm AI deals in the Gulf, Trump's cancellation of US consumer finance settlements, a mobile McDonald's for Trump in Saudi Arabia, the murder of a Mexican mayoral candidate, the first vote passing an assisted dying bill in Scotland, Trump family business expansion in the Middle East, a teen allowed to graduate despite a murder charge, action taken against a DNC vice chair, a botched kidnapping attempt in Paris targeting a cryptocurrency executive's family, an Israeli air strike on a Gaza hospital, and a slashed defamation award for a Ghanaian journalist.

In Libya, deadly clashes erupted in Tripoli following the killing of a prominent militia leader. Meanwhile, in Mexico, the family of drug lord "El Chapo" Guzmán's son traveled to the US as part of his plea deal negotiations. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a significant cabinet reshuffle, while a recount in a Canadian election district resulted in a single-vote margin, complicating the Liberals' path to a majority. Reports from Australia highlighted high salaries for university vice-chancellors and the potential for Trump's pressure on US drug prices to impact Australian costs. In the Middle East, Zelenskyy hoped Trump would recognize Putin as an obstacle to peace, a senior Swedish diplomat was arrested on suspicion of spying, Dutch climate activists vowed to sue Shell again over fossil fuel projects, and Iran proposed a regional consortium for uranium enrichment. The sources also detailed a French actor's sexual assault conviction, a large US-Saudi arms deal, US tech firm AI deals in the Gulf, Trump's cancellation of US consumer finance settlements, a mobile McDonald's for Trump in Saudi Arabia, the murder of a Mexican mayoral candidate, the first vote passing an assisted dying bill in Scotland, Trump family business expansion in the Middle East, a teen allowed to graduate despite a murder charge, action taken against a DNC vice chair, a botched kidnapping attempt in Paris targeting a cryptocurrency executive's family, an Israeli air strike on a Gaza hospital, and a slashed defamation award for a Ghanaian journalist.

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