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| Hello. US President Donald Trump has yet to declare what his next move in the conflict between Israel and Iran might be. My colleagues Bernd Debusmann Jr and Max Matza look at how the prospect of intervention has divided the president's inner circle. We're also reporting from Minnesota, where the killing of a local politician and her husband has shaken residents' perception of their state. And finally, a Scottish artist is using murals to teach Gaelic. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Divisions brew among president's circle |
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|  | Trump has maintained that Iran "can't have a nuclear weapon" and that he seeks its "unconditional surrender". Credit: Getty Images | The question of US intervention in support of Israel and against Iran is one that President Trump appears to still be pondering. On Wednesday, he said: "I may do it, I may not do it. Nobody knows what I'm gonna do." The uncertainty has fuelled fear and stress among Iranians, as special correspondent for BBC Persian Kasra Naji reports. The possibility of US involvement in a war in the Middle East - something Trump has opposed on the campaign trail - has pitted the isolationist and hawkish wings of his party bitterly against one another, write Bernd Debusmann Jr and Max Matza. |
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| Killings shatter US state's self-image |  | Several recent studies indicate that political violence is growing across the US. Credit: Getty images | The killings of Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark on Saturday have sent a shockwave through the state, which prided itself in its reputation for politeness, courtesy and respect, an attitude that has its own nickname and Wikipedia page: "Minnesota nice." |
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| | | "Minnesota has felt a little bit like a safe haven," said Jessie Ebertz, a government employee who lives in the state capital, "because we have been able to keep our atmosphere of respecting one another here." She added: "This has blown that out of the water."
Despite the rawness of the recent attacks, inside the Capitol building there was little visible sign of heavy security – and no metal detectors – on Monday afternoon. Among the mourners, several of Hortman's relatives laid flowers in front of the state House chamber, where a table was laden with bouquets and signs reading "Demand Change" and "Rest in Power". But as people here mourned, nationally the partisan arguments continued. |
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| | | - Emotional tributes: Constituents in Minnesota have paid their respects to Melissa Hortman and her husband outside the State Capitol.
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