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11 teenagers wounded in mass shooting at birthday gathering in US state of Georgia

Eleven teenagers were wounded in a mass shooting at a birthday gathering in the US state of Georgia, with two of them in critical condition, media reports said on Monday. The shooting occurred around midnight during a “large gathering” at Carolyn Crayton Park in Macon, about 85 miles (137 kilometres) southeast of Atlanta, CBS News reported, citing the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. The victims were four 18-year-old men, two 18-year-old women and five 17-year-old boys. An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy remained in critical condition, while the other nine victims were stable. Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said the gathering appeared to be a birthday party that had originally been planned at another location before attendees moved to the park. Another group later arrived, and an argument between the two groups escalated into gunfire, Davis said. All 11 people wounded were part of the birthday gathering. No arrests had been made, and the investigation r...
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Iran warns US of ‘decisive response’ to Trump’s threats of bombing

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Monday that the US would face a strong blow if it acts on President Donald Trump’s threat to bomb Iran unless Tehran agrees to a new nuclear deal. Trump reiterated his threat on Sunday that Iran would be bombed if it does not accept his offer for talks outlined in a letter sent to Iran’s leadership in early March, giving Tehran a two-month window to make a decision. In response, Iran issued a warning on Monday regarding Trump’s threats to Switzerland’s embassy, which represents US interests and acts as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran. Tehran expressed its determination to respond “decisively and immediately” to any threat. “The enmity from the US and Israel has always been there. They threaten to attack us, which we don’t think is very probable, but if they commit any mischief they will surely receive a strong reciprocal blow,” Khamenei said. “And if they are thinking of causing sedition inside the country as in past years, the Iranian people themselves will deal with them,” he added. Iranian authorities have blamed the West for recent unrest, including the 2022-2023 protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a young woman detained for allegedly flouting hijab rules, and nationwide protests in 2019 over fuel price rises. Last week, Iran responded to the US letter, with President Masoud Pezeshkian explaining on Sunday that Tehran would not enter direct negotiations with Washington but was willing to continue indirect talks, in line with an injunction from Khamenei. “An open threat of ‘bombing’ by a head of state against Iran is a shocking affront to the very essence of international peace and security,” Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei tweeted on Monday. “Violence breeds violence, peace begets peace. The US can choose the course and concede to consequences.” Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Commander Amirali Hajizadeh also issued a warning to US forces in the Middle East, stating that “Americans have at least 10 bases in the region with 50,000 troops. They are in a glass house and should not throw stones.” During his first term from 2017-2021, Trump withdrew the US from a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers, which had placed strict limits on Tehran’s disputed nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. Trump also reimposed sweeping US sanctions. Since then, Iran has far exceeded the uranium enrichment limits set by the deal. Western powers accuse Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons capabilities by enriching uranium to a high level of fissile purity, above what they argue is justifiable for a civilian atomic energy program. Tehran, however, insists its nuclear program is entirely for civilian energy purposes.

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