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President Joe Biden said that America would not support an attack by Israel on Iran's nuclear sites as Israel weighs a response following Tuesday's

missile attack.

Meanwhile, the Israel Defence Forces clashed with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

Israel said that eight of the soldiers had died after a day and a half of heavy fighting.

Separately, Israel banned Antonio Gaterres, the UN Secretary General, from entering the country for failing to, quote, unequivocally condemn Iran's attack.

Mr Guterres had denounced the, quote, broadening of the Middle East conflict.

Russia took control of Villadar in eastern Ukraine.

Russian forces have been trying to take the town,

which is strategically located on high ground

in the Dombass region, since the start of the war in 2022.

Ukraine has been gradually losing ground.

In recent months, Russia has been closing in on several Ukrainian

strongholds near the front line.

Open AI, the maker of Chhat GPT,

completed a 6.6 billion dollar deal

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