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The European Union has agreed a huge free-trade deal with South America’s biggest commercial block after two decades of talks. The EU’s agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay creates a market for goods and services covering almost 800 million people.

Iran says its talks with the Europeans and others aimed at saving the international nuclear deal have made progress, but not enough to meet Tehran’s demands. The Iranians say Britain, France and Germany must protect them from sanctions imposed by President Trump.

An American white supremacist has been jailed for life without parole for driving into a crowd of anti-racism protesters in 2017, killing a woman. James Fields plowed his car into demonstrators in the city of Charlottesville, who were there to oppose a far-right rally. 32-year old Heather Heyer was killed. Dozens of other people were injured.

The pop superstar Lady Gaga has praised the achievements of the gay rights movement at a commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York. In June, 1969, in a defining moment for the struggle for LGBT rights, patrons of a gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, rose up against police harassment.

China has hinted that it may defy the US embargo and continue importing Iranian oil. A foreign ministry official said Beijing did not accept the unilateral American decision to impose sanctions.

The United States has imposed sanctions on the son of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro for his involvement in what it called his father’s illegitimate regime. The US Treasury Department said that Nicolas Maduro Guerra was helping his father suppress the Venezuelan people.

And in the Copa America football tournament, Argentina have beat Venezuela 2:0.

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