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Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate after Israeli authorities reported that a missile launched by the Houthi rebel group in Yemen landed near Ben-Gurian airport, pausing flights briefly.

It will not happen in one bang, said Israel's prime minister, but there will be many bangs. The Iranian

Bactoutis have been firing missiles at Israel since the outbreak of the conflict in Gaza,

but they rarely get past the country's anti-missile systems.

Kato Katsunobu, Japan's finance minister, said his country had no plans to use the possibility

of selling American

treasury bonds as a negotiating chip in discussions with the Trump administration about tariffs.

On Friday, Mr. Kato had said in an interview that Japan could do so.

The country holds over $1 trillion of American debt more than any other country.

Exit polls suggest that George Simeon, a hard-right populist, came first in Romania's presidential

election with over 30% of the vote.

The country's Constitutional Court annulled the previous election, held last year, after

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