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Report for Wednesday, June 18, 2025

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Trump demands complete ‘surrender’ by Tehran as US mulls military action
US is moving fighter jets to the Middle East as Israel-Iran war rages
G7 abandons joint Ukraine statement as Zelensky says diplomacy is in crisis
China’s got the world in a rare earth choke hold

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