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Netanyahu, Israel's arch-survivor, set to face voter fury over Iran deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hopes of clinging to power in an election this autumn have long been shaky, but the interim US deal with Iran has added yet another complication. US President Donald Trump has opted to end the wars in Iran and Lebanon long before Israel's goals were accomplished, and Netanyahu's boast in March that "we are changing the face of the Middle East" ‌looks increasingly empty. Already facing corruption allegations, domestic political controversies and criticism over security failings in the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, he will now face voters' judgement of his handling of the wars and Israel's relationship with the United States, its most important ally. Netanyahu, 76, confirmed this week he intends to stand again in an election that must be called by October. Opinion polls put his right-wing coalition on course to lose but, in a parliamentary system he has dominated for long stretches since ​the...
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Iran head coach says team was ordered to leave US just after World Cup opener

Iranian National Football Team manager Amir Ghalenoei called his squad the "most repressed team in the whole World Cup," saying they were ordered to leave Los Angeles for their training base in Mexico, shortly after their Monday night opening match against New Zealand. Ghalenoei said the team had expected to remain in the California metropolis overnight and carry out a recovery session the next day, but were instead told immediately after the final whistle that they must return. "We spent so much time in the air commuting, they didn't even give us time to recover," he said through an interpreter, according to US sports outlet ESPN. "After the game today, they said to us: 'You have to leave immediately.'" Read: Iran team arrive in US for World Cup opener as the two nations reach peace deal Ghalenoei did not say who had instructed the team to leave Monday night, although Iran captain Mehdi Taremi said FIFA President Gianni Infantino had visited the team in the locker room after Monday's game. "For sure, he wants to try to help us, but it's about other things, too. Everyone knows it," Taremi stated, in an apparent reference to long-standing tensions between the US and Iran, even as the over 100-day war between the two is set to end with a peace deal this week. "I don't need to mention that because you know where we are," he added. The Iranian national squad was initially set to be based in Tucson, in the US State of Arizona, for the duration of the World Cup, but moved their camp to Tijuana, Mexico, in late May after facing logistical and visa issues.

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