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Trump says he does not need deal with Iran to get enriched uranium

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that Washington did not need a deal with Iran to get enriched uranium from the country.

"We could get it right now. I don't think they could stop us if we wanted, but there's no reason to. It's entombed," he told reporters in the Oval Office.

Trump also said that he did not want to meet with Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

But he added that if Washington and Tehran reached a deal, it was possible that the two would meet and added: "If it happened ... I'd be respectful".

FILE PHOTO: A block with the symbol, atomic number and mass number of Uranium (U) element, in this illustration taken January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Libyans block off UN refugee office in protest against migrants

TRIPOLI, June 4 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Libyan demonstrators blocked off the office of the U.N. refugee agency in the capital Tripoli on Thursday during a protest against migrants who have travelled to the country in search of work or passage to Europe.

The demonstrators gathered in front of UNHCR's main office in Tripoli's Sarraj neighbourhood, chanting slogans such as "No, No to settlement, Libya only for Libyans" and "Get out of Libya,

take them all out of Libya."

A poster with a crossed-out picture of Tripoli's Chief of Mission at UNHCR, Sakhr Karmen, and spray-painted walls calling for demanding the organisation leave the country and calling for an end to migrant settlement and the deportation of migrants and refugees, outside the headquarters in Tripoli, Libya, June 4, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Ayman al-Sahili

North Israel residents hold little hope for Lebanon truce deal

Despite living just 300 metres from the border wall separating Israel from Lebanon, Sigalit Levin has little enthusiasm for the new ceasefire deal meant to bring a lasting end to fighting with Hezbollah.

"We can't keep doing this," the 60-year-old told AFP from her home in Shlomi, a small town in Israel's far north.

"We can't just keep taking blows, turning the other cheek, taking more blows, and then turning the other cheek again," she added.

"This is not a life."

Envoys of Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a new ceasefire brokered by Washington in a bid to end the fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants

Explainer-How Trump's ceasefires are failing to stop Middle East violence

June 4 - Residents of Gaza, south Lebanon, northern Israel and Kuwait were all under fire this week despite U.S.-arranged ceasefires supposedly in force in their regions.

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza and Lebanon, with Israeli forces still actively deployed in both places. Hezbollah rockets struck northern Israel, and Iranian attacks targeted Kuwait's international airport.

The continued violence prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to comment on Wednesday that ceasefires in the Middle East involved "shooting in a more moderate manner" rather than a total halt in fighting.

People's belongings lie scattered at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Slovenia's parliament approves Jansa's centre-right government

LJUBLJANA, June 4 (Reuters) - Slovenia's parliament on Thursday approved Prime Minister Janez Jansa's centre-right government, which has pledged tax cuts, targeted spending and an anti-corruption drive.

Jansa, a pro-Trump populist who secured a fourth term after an inconclusive March election,said the cabinet would represent the whole country, with ministers drawn from different generations and across Slovenia.

Slovenia had been led for the past four years by a liberal government under Robert Golob, who narrowly won the election but failed to form a majority coalition.

Slovenia's new Prime Minister Janez Jansa speaks at a news conference after the signing of the new government in Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic

Mojtaba Khamenei: Iran's new supreme leader lurking in the shadows

Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, appointed after a career entirely out of the spotlight as a behind-the-scenes figure, faces the challenge of occupying a role incarnated by his father for most of the Islamic republic's existence.

Mojtaba Khamenei was barely known to Iranians when he was named shortly after the killing of his father and longstanding supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, who had been in the post-for-life since 1989, in a US-Israeli airstrike at the start of the Middle East war.

Mojtaba Khamenei has spent his life behind the scenes

Israeli Supreme Court strikes down ban on Red Cross prison visits

JERUSALEM, June 4 (Reuters) - Israel's Supreme Court has said Israel must allow visits to Palestinian prisoners by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), ruling in favour of a petition against a ban that was brought in at the start of the Gaza war.

The bar on Red Cross visits to Palestinian detainees has restricted independent verification of their treatment, following reports of systemic abuse, starvation, and denial of medical care towards Palestinian prisoners.

FILE PHOTO: Red Cross personnel, escorted by Hamas militants, wait to head towards an area within the so-called "yellow line" to which Israeli troops withdrew under the ceasefire, as Hamas says it continues to search for the bodies of deceased hostages seized during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in Gaza City November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo

Is Iran's new supreme leader taking up the reins of power?

Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since being appointed, his health condition is a mystery, and it's unclear how much power he wields.

But over three months after his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei was killed in an air strike at the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran, there are signs he is alive and involved in government affairs.

Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since being appointed, his health condition is a mystery, and it's unclear how much power he wields

UN nuclear watchdog raises 'proliferation' fears over Iran sites

The UN nuclear agency reaffirmed in a confidential report seen by AFP on Thursday that a lack of access to Iran's nuclear material posed a "proliferation concern" and called on Teheran to act "constructively".

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has not seen any activity at key nuclear sites, judging from satellite images, since the start of the Middle East war, a diplomatic source said.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi has called on Iran to open up bombed nuclear facilities to international inspection