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The International Atomic Energy Agency left Iran, reportedly over safety concerns.

The exit follows an order on Wednesday from Masaud Peschkian,

Iran's president, suspending his country's cooperation with the United Nations nuclear

watchdog. The condition and viability of Iran's nuclear facilities has been subject to speculation

since America bombed them last month.

Hamas said that it had given a, quote, positive response to what Donald Trump had called a, quote,

final proposal for a 60-day ceasefire with Israel. Mr. Trump had said earlier on Friday that it would probably be known within 24

hours whether Hamas had accepted the proposal. An Israeli airstrike on a tent encampment the same

day killed at least 15 people in Gaza, according to Palestinian health officials.

At a 4th of July celebration on the White House lawn, Mr. Trump signed into law the one big beautiful bill act, meeting a deadline that he said weeks ago. The cornerstone of second-term

Trumponomics, the bill extends tax cuts from Mr. Trump's first term that were due to

expire. It is likely to hugely increase the budget deficit and could leave an additional

12 million Americans without health insurance. Volodymy Zelensky, Ukraine's president,

said he had an, quote, important and useful phone call with

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