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Iran's Foreign Ministry has praised the military for shooting down an American drone on Thursday, warning that no violation of the country's territorial integrity would be allowed. A spokesman said Iran would counter all aggression against it regardless of any decision by Washington. Alan Johnston reports. The US called off a planned attack on Iran on Thursday night, but tensions remain extraordinarily high and the war of words goes on. In Tehran, a Foreign Ministry spokesman praised the forces that downed the American drone and warned again that any threat to Iran would be counted. In Washington, President Trump has said that if it comes to a war, Iran would be obliterated, but he knows that all-out conflict of that kind would be fraught with the most enormous risk. It could very quickly spill out beyond Iran's borders and engulf the Middle East.

The German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer says right-wing extremism has become as dangerous as Islamist violence. Mr. Seehofer said the murder of a local politician in the city of Kassel by suspected far-right fanatic earlier this month had motivated him to do everything possible to increase security. Here's our Europe regional editor Mike Saunders. Horst Seehofer's political hallmark is to talk tough. First, It was illegal migration. Now It's right-wing extremism. In a newspaper interview, he said insults, slander and incitement should be prosecuted whether online or elsewhere. He said he'd look at restricting the basic rights of culprits. It's an indication of how badly the country has been shaken by the murder of Walter Lubcke, a senior Conservative, shot in the head at point-blank range at his home in central Germany this month. A forty-five-year-old suspect is in custody.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has urged the Venezuelan government to release all political prisoners. She said she'd received permission to establish a permanent human rights office in Caracas. Mr. Maduro has promised to listen to her recommendations. People in Mauritania are voting to choose a successor to President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. He's stepping down after completing two terms in office since seizing power in a coup eleven years ago. The election marks the first time an elected leader in Mauritania has handed power to an elected successor since independence nearly sixty years ago.

Officials in Hawaii say all nine people on board a sky diving aircraft died when it crashed on the island of Oahu. The Hawaii Department of Transportation said the twin engine aircraft went down near Dillingham Airfield. The plane was engulfed in flames shortly after takeoff. An investigation has been ordered to determine the cause of the accident.

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