America due to unveil sanctions on Iran’s trade partners; Mark Carney vows retaliation, and more

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  Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir will visit Tehran on Monday as his country continues

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  to try to mediate an end to the war in Iran.

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  Meanwhile, China said it is closely monitoring the situation

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  in the Middle East and is actively committed to promoting peace talks.

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  On Monday, America is expected to unveil new sanctions on Iran's trading partners.

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  Iran said that would violate other countries' sovereignty.

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  Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, said his country would retaliate dollar for dollar

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  against America's new 50% tariffs, with its own levies taking effect on September 8th.

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  Donald Trump's tariffs, announced on Friday after trade talks collapsed,

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  affect about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods.

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  Mr Trump had delayed the measure for three days to allow negotiations to continue.

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  Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's president,

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