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Trump changed mind on Chagos deal ‘after UK blocked use of Diego Garcia for Iran strikes’
ByPeter Walker and Dan Sabbagh February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

US president links deal with military strikes against Iran in connection with Tehran’s nuclear ambitionsDonald Trump changed his mind on supporting the Chagos Islands deal because the UK will not permit its airbases to be used for a pre-emptive US stri…

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Troops for Gaza and money top agenda as Trump’s Board of Peace meets
ByAndrew Roth in Washington DC February 19, 2026

US president vows multinational force and billions of dollars as autocrats and rightwing allies gather in DC The US has proposed commanding a multinational force in postwar Gaza with troops from Albania, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo and Morocco, as Do…

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RSF siege of El Fasher in Sudan has ‘hallmarks of genocide’, UN mission finds
ByEromo Egbejule and agencies February 19, 2026

Report details harrowing 18-month occupation of North Darfur capital, showing destruction aimed at ethnic communitiesThe siege and capture of the Sudanese city of El Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group last October bore “the hallmarks…

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Les Wexner: How the billionaire enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s rise
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 19, 2026

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak received Wexner Foundation funds. Years later, he partnered with Epstein.

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The quiet conquest of the West Bank and the death of the Oslo Accords
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 19, 2026

Israel is seeking to achieve through paperwork what warfare alone could not.

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OpenAI’s Sam Altman: Global AI regulation ‘urgently’ needed
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 19, 2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the world “urgently” needs global regulation of fast-evolving AI.

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Gaza ‘stabilization force’ commander outlines security plans
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 19, 2026

US Major General Jasper Jeffers said the Gaza “International Stabilization Force” will first deploy to Rafah.

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Trump suggests Iran has 10 days to reach agreement with US
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 19, 2026

US president says at inaugural Board of Peace summit that Washington and Tehran should make a 'meaningful deal'.

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Trump praises ‘magnificent’ B-2 bombers that struck Iran in 2025
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 19, 2026

Donald Trump praised the “magnificent” B-2 bombers that “totally decimated the nuclear potential” of Iran.

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Italy opposes Paralympics allowing Russia and Belarus to use flags, anthems
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera February 19, 2026

The two countries had been banned following the invasion of Ukraine, but had their rights restored last year.

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