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The Trump administration announced a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people claiming they were wrongly targeted by the Justice Department.

The anti-weaponization fund, which could pay out claims claiming they were wrongly targeted by the Justice Department.

The Anti-Weaponization Fund, which could pay out claims to Donald Trump's allies,

was created as part of a settlement in a lawsuit the president had brought against America's tax agency. The settlement ends the suit in which he demanded $10 billion in damages from his

own government. A jury in California rejected on technical grounds a lawsuit brought by

Elon Musk, the world's richest person against Open AI and its boss Sam Altman. Mr. Musk alleged that they, quote, stole a charity by

converting Open AI which he donated millions of dollars to from a charitable venture to a for-profit

company. The jury said Mr. Musk waited too long to bring the case. Mr. Trump said he paused

a planned attack on Iran at the request of the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab

Emirates, because, quote, serious negotiations are now taking place. America's president suggested that a deal-stripping Iran of nuclear weapons was coming, but threatened a full, large-scale assault without one. Iran has reportedly shared revised terms for ending the war.

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo set up overflow treatment centres to

take pressure off hospitals dealing with an Ebola outbreak. Earlier, the World Health Organization

declared the flare-up a public health emergency of international concern. It is suspected to have killed over 100 people and infected nearly 400 in the regions along the country's border with Uganda.

Next Era said it plans to buy Dominion Energy, another American utility, in an all-stock deal worth

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