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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sam Kiley

The Iran ceasefire is a relief but not a cure for the madness Trump has brought the world

The welcome news of a ceasefire in the Israeli-US war against Iran, for a two-week period to open trade through the Persian Gulf while Iran’s regime reels from an onslaught that Donald Trump threatened would erase a civilisation, suits one man most – Vladimir Putin.

The rest of the world has been left reeling and impoverished by an illegal conflict.

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