World News: 25 February 2023

Iran Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh repeats threat to kill Trump, Pompeo
The IRGC’s provocative statements come at a time when Western powers are imposing new sanctions on the Islamic Republic and Iran’s economy is in a downward spiral.
On Saturday, the currency, rial, hit another all-time low of 565,000 against the US dollar, an almost 100-percent depreciation since September when nuclear talks with the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany reached a deadlock.

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California faces more blizzards, floods in multistate storm
In Los Angeles County, forecasters said life-threatening flash flooding was possible near creeks, streams, urban areas, highways and areas that were burned by wildfires. The threat zone included downtown L.A., Hollywood, Beverly Hills and many suburbs.

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China's peace plan blurs roles of aggressor and victim, says Brussels
Earlier on Friday, the Chinese foreign ministry published a 12-point, 892-word “position paper” spelling out Beijing’s view on how it sees a settlement to what it calls the “Ukraine crisis”, falling short of calling it a war.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said China’s attempt to be seen as a peace broker cannot be seen as neutral.

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Africa’s largest film festival offers hope in Burkina Faso
Since the last edition of the biennial festival in Ouagadougou, the country's troubles have increased. Successive governments' failures to stop the extremist violence triggered two military coups last year, with each junta leader promising security — but delivering few results.

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Thousands of inmates moved to El Salvador mega-prison
President Bukele tweeted that the first 2,000 people were transferred "at dawn, in a single operation" to the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism, which he says is the largest jail in the Americas.

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'Multiple' new Lord of the Rings films on the way
Hinting that the new films would focus on other content in the books, rather than re-visit the content of the previous films, they added: "For all the scope and detail lovingly packed into the two trilogies, the vast, complex and dazzling universe dreamed up by JRR Tolkien remains largely unexplored."

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