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The World in Brief from The Economist

Trump leaving G7 summit early; Minnesota shooter charged, and more

The World in Brief from The Economist

The Economist

News, Daily News, News & Politics, Global News

4.11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump is leaving the G7 summit early and urged all residents to immediately leave Tehran, as Iran threatened to leave the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

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Donald Trump is leaving the G7 summit early and urged all residents to immediately leave

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Tehran as Iran threatened to leave the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

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Quote, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, wrote the president.

1:01.7

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his forces' earlier evacuation order

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for the Iranian capital, saying that the Israeli Air Force now had full control

1:13.6

of the skies over Tehran and would strike regime targets.

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Meanwhile, Palestinian health officials said that Israeli forces killed around 40 people in Gaza.

1:26.6

Reuters reported that around half of those were shot

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near an aid center in Rafa, a city in the enclave's south. Israel's armed forces have

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not yet commented. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a group backed by America and Israel, runs

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the site.

1:51.3

Vance Belter, the man suspected of shooting two democratic lawmakers in Minnesota,

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was charged with two federal counts of murder, for which he could face the death penalty.

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He was also charged with stalking and firearms offences.

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Melissa Hortman, the Democratic former Speaker of Minnesota's House of Representatives and her husband,

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