Donald Trump says 52 targets are lined up if Iran retaliates
US President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Iran, threatening to hit dozens of targets &very fast and very hard& if it retaliates for the killing of the head of General Qassem Soleimani.

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Donald Trump has spoken with Boris Johnson to discuss the situation in Iraq and Iran, the White House has said in a statement.

The release offered few details of the specifics of the call on Sunday, noting only that the two leaders "reaffirmed the close alliance between the two countries."

Mr Johnson is expected to brief ministers today on the

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The oldest woman in the world has extended her record by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in southern Japan.

Kane Tanaka marked the occassion with a party at the home in Fukuoka which was attended by friends and family, the Japanese channel TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting reported.

Ms Tanaka, whose birthday was on 2 January, took a bite

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A half-tonne bronze statue of Swedish footballer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been toppled after vandals appeared to saw it off at the ankles.

Just the feet were left on the plinth while the rest of the body was overturned and lying on its side over a wire security fence outside Malmo's stadium.

A dark Sweden shirt was draped over the statue's face.

It

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The killing of Iran's top general is such a significant escalation by the US it may prompt Tehran to "give pause", says one of America's best-known military commanders.

General David Petraeus, who also served as director of the CIA after retiring from the military in 2011, recalled how the accidental downing of an Iranian civilian airliner by a US

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Boris Johnson has broken his silence following the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani in a US airstrike - saying "we will not lament his death".

Following his return from a holiday in the Caribbean, the UK's prime minister confirmed he has spoken with France's Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Angela Merkel, and US President Donald Trump.

In a

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