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Let’s start with today’s top stories:Trump blames Iran as protesters break into U.S. embassy compound in Baghdadand set fires inside in anger over U.S. air strikes that killed 24 members of an Iranian-backed militia over the weekend.
The protesters later withdrew from the compound, joining thousands of protesters and militia fighters outside who chanted “Death to America,” threw rocks, covered the walls with graffiti and demanded that the United States withdraw its forces from Iraq. The bushfires have destroyed more than four million hectares, with new blazes sparked into life almost daily by extremely hot and windy conditions after a three-year drought.For weeks last winter, Carlos Ghosn’s face seemed inescapable in the Lebanese capital, appearing without warning on digital billboards normally devoted to ads for cellphone plans and fancy cars. “We are all Carlos Ghosn,” the text announced, declaring support for the man charged in Japan as a corporate titan gone bad.
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