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This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Monday, the 18th of May, these are our main stories.

President Trump has again issued a warning to Iran amid stalled peace negotiations,

saying unless they move fast, there won't be anything left of them. Rwanda is tightening

security on its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo amid fears over the potential spread

of an Ebola outbreak. The Kremlin responds to Ukraine's biggest drone attack yet on Russia.

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The authorities weaponize the death penalty as a tool of political repression

to instill fear among the population and essentially crush and stifle any dissent that there might be.

Amnesty International says Iran is carrying out more executions than at any time since the 1980s.

It's not the first time he's used such words, but if President Trump is to be believed, his patience

is running out with Iran to agree to turn the ceasefire into a peace deal and end the war

with the United States and Israel. On Sunday, he wrote on his Truth Social website,

for Iran, the clock is ticking and they better get moving fast or there won't be anything left of them.

Then in capital letters, time is of the essence.

Mr. Trump's close ally in Congress, the Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, told NBC televisions

meet the press that Tehran was testing Washington's patients.

President Trump's very frustrated.

So what to do next?

I think you weaken them further.

What President Trump has done has been amazing militarily,

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