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"Gaza Truce to wrap phase 1." Views expressed in this geopolitical news and analysis are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 27 February 2025, 1520 UTC. Content and Source:  https://www.cfr.org. Please check link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://trendsingeopolitics.blogspot.com). Daily News Brief February 27, 2025 Welcome to CFR’s Daily News Brief. Today we’re covering the approaching expiration of the first phase of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire, as well as... Trump’s threat of 25 percent tariffs on EU goods Keir Starmer’s White House visit BP’s reversal on renewable energy investment Top of the Agenda Israel and Hamas conducted another exchange of hostages and prisoners as phase one of their truce nears its end.  Hamas released the bodies of four  Israeli hostages  yesterday while Israel by this morning had released more than six hundred  Palestinian prisoners . After accusa...

"Rocket attack on Iraq base wounds U.S. personnel." Views expressed in this geopolitical news update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 06 August 2024, 1411 UTC. Content and Source:  https://www.cfr.org/newsletters/daily-news-brief. Please check link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://trendsingeopolitics.blogspot.com).   Daily News Brief August 6, 2024 Top of the Agenda Rocket Attack on Iraq Base Wounds U.S. Personnel Several U.S. service members were  hurt  in a suspected rocket attack yesterday on the main base hosting U.S. forces in Iraq, unnamed U.S. officials told multiple news outlets. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the incident “ marked  a dangerous escalation and demonstrated Iran’s destabilizing role in the region,” according to a Pentagon summary of his call with his Israeli counterpart. It was not immediately clear how many people were wounded. Whi...