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Donald Trump will decide within two weeks whether to take military action against Iran, said Caroline Levitt, the White House press secretary.

Iran has all that it needs to build a nuclear weapon, she added.

Earlier, after an Iranian strike hit a hospital in southern Israel,

the Israeli defense minister, Israel Katz, said that Iran's supreme leader,

Ayatollah Ali Harmonae, quote, can no longer be allowed to exist.

Finland's parliament vowed to withdraw from an international agreement which bans anti-personnel mines.

The country wants to shore up its border with Russia. The Ottawa Treaty has more than 130 signatories,

but several military powers, including Russia, are not among them. Russia has deployed large

numbers of anti-personnel mines in its invasion of Ukraine, which has become the most mined country

on earth.

Switzerland's central bank cut interest rates to zero, as it grapples with the surge in the value

of the Swiss franc amid global trade tensions. The bank signalled it would be willing to

adjust rates further. Norway's central bank unexpectedly cut rates from 4.5% to 4.25%.

The Bank of England held interest rates steady in a widely expected decision.

Vladimir Zelensky, Ukraine's president, appointed Hennady Shappavlov as commander of land forces after a deadly

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