Trump criticises Israel over ongoing strikes in Lebanon

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Will Chalk and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 7th of June, these are our main stories.

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  President Trump has criticized Israel for continuing strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon,

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  despite the deal with Iran that's meant to halt the fighting.

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  Britain's Ministry of Defence is investigating after a UK-registered yacht

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  said a Russian warship fired warning shots near it in the channel on Tuesday morning.

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  Also in this podcast, the US Vice President J.D. Vance has a new book out and in tennis.

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  Serena Williams gets involved, volleys away and raises her arms aloft.

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  She goes to hug her sister Venus.

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  The Williams sisters are returning to Wimbledon at the ages of 44 and 46.

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  So we're just two days away from the official signing of the US-Iran ceasefire deal,

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  but Israel continues to refuse to abide by Donald Trump's demands to stop launching attacks in Lebanon.

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  Mr. Trump and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were on the same page

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  when they launched the war at the end of February,

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  saying their aim was to upend the Iranian regime

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  and with it any chance of Iran developing nuclear weapons.

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  But Mr. Netanyahu also has his own agenda, especially when it comes to Lebanon and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

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  And then at the G7 summit in France, a stern public criticism of Mr. Netanyahu from Donald Trump,

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  saying his actions in Lebanon could jeopardize the deal.

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  James Waterhouse filed this report from the summit.

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