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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nick Lester

Iran and Israel halt strikes after Trump tells both sides to ‘stop shooting’

Tehran says it ‘delivered a painful response’ to Israel (Vahid Salemi/AP) - (AP)

Iran and Israel say they have stopped attacks after the two sides exchanged fire for the first time since the April truce, threatening to plunge the Middle East back into full-scale war.

Earlier, Donald Trump, whose call for restraint from Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu in response to the Iranian strikes appeared to have been ignored, urged both sides to “immediately stop shooting”.

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