Former president nevertheless said in an interview that he was happy to see a ceasefire with Iran and hopes it holds

• Analysis: Iran peace deal makes clear how far US has been forced to retreat since 2025

Barack Obama has said that after 15 weeks of war with Iran, the US is now “worse off” than before the conflict started in February.

“We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse off,” the former US president told NBC News in an interview that aired on Friday.

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US president provokes outrage as PM says he ‘totally invented’ story in interview with Italian media

Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said Donald Trump “totally invented” a story about her after the US president claimed she begged him to take a photo with her during the G7 summit.

The two former allies had appeared to be getting their relationship back on track by having several one-to-ones on the sidelines at the gathering in Évian after falling out in April over the US-Israeli war in Iran.

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Volgende week sluit Jawad es Soufi zijn tournee af in Ahoy. Hij is er trots op een cabaretier te zijn die rekening houdt met anderen. „Ik zou echt nooit grappen maken over religies, de holocaust, Anne Frank. Er zijn zoveel grappiger dingen op de wereld.”

Deze week kondigde premier Jetten aan dat hij zondag zal spreken bij de onthulling van het nationaal monument Ulu Kora. Betekent dat ook dat hij de Molukse gemeenschappen excuses zal maken? Daar heerst, na een lange geschiedenis van verbroken beloften, scepsis.

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A construction company owned by Chechen-born billionaire Ruslan Baisarov was declared the winner of a fourth and final government auction to sell the Yuzhuralzoloto Group of Companies.