TEHERAN (ANP/AFP) - De Amerikaanse regering is op zoek naar een manier om zich uit de oorlog te redden, zegt het ministerie van Defensie van Iran. Op dit moment is een Iraanse minister in de Pakistaanse hoofdstad Islamabad voor gesprekken. Deze zaterdag worden daar ook gezanten van de VS verwacht, al is nog onduidelijk of die met Iran zullen spreken.
"Onze militaire macht is op dit moment een dominante kracht en de vijand zoekt naar een manier om zonder gezichtsverlies te ontsnappen uit het oorlogsmoeras waarin het is verzonken", aldus een woordvoerder van de Iraanse krijgsmacht tegen het persbureau ISNA, verwijzend naar de VS.
De Iraanse buitenlandminister Abbas Araghchi kwam vrijdagavond aan in Islamabad. Volgens zijn woordvoerder staan geen gesprekken gepland met de VS, maar wordt het Iraanse perspectief wel met Pakistan gedeeld.
Het Witte Huis stelde dat de gezanten Steve Witkoff en Jared Kushner in Pakistan in gesprek gaan "met vertegenwoordigers van de Iraanse delegatie".
The German has twice come close to the sack but has led team towards safety and first FA Cup semi since 1987
The crate was crammed with bottles but Daniel Farke made light work of hoisting it on to a table and inviting everyone to help themselves. It was a little after 10.30 one night in April last year, an already-promoted Leeds had just beaten Bristol City, and the manager was offering journalists an end-of-season beer.
Such gestures are increasingly unusual in an ever-more corporate and sanitised sport, but Farke brings a human touch to proceedings. Indeed, his refreshingly down-to-earth approach is reminiscent of an illustrious title-winning predecessor. Behind a blunt exterior Howard Wilkinson was a caring manager who, spotting a journalist stranded outside Elland Road late one night, drove him home to Sheffield. It seems the sort of thing Farke might also do.
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Born in Massachusetts, Meghann Fahy, 36, understudied for the musical Next to Normal in 2008 and went on to play a principal character on Broadway from 2010 to 2011. On television she was cast in the soap One Life to Live in 2010 and starred in the comedy drama The Bold Type from 2017 to 2021. She appears in The White Lotus season two, The Perfect Couple, Sirens and the forthcoming The Good Daughter. Her films include the thriller Drop, and Rebuilding with Josh O’Connor, in cinemas now. Her partner is the actor Leo Woodall and she lives in New York City.
When were you happiest?
When I realised that I could get myself through anything that came my way.
A previously unknown species of bacteria found in patients with noma could be key to creating treatments for the neglected tropical disease
The “astonishing” discovery of a new bacteria could open the door to better ways to prevent, detect and treat a fatal and disfiguring childhood disease, researchers hope.
Noma, which is fatal in 90% of cases without treatment, begins as a sore on the gums but goes on to destroy the tissues of the mouth and face.
Continue reading...Study of 1,300 campaigners finds arrests, fines and jail terms increase determination of activists to take direct action
The criminalisation of direct action climate protests in the UK is counterproductive and increases the determination of activists to undertake disruptive demonstrations, according to a study of 1,300 campaigners.
New findings suggest arrests, fines and lengthy prison sentences given to nonviolent climate protesters who have blocked roads or damaged buildings may actually radicalise them. The repression of protest could even be one driver of recent covert actions such as the cutting of internet cables, they said.
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