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The Trump administration shared the details of the preliminary agreement to end the war with Iran on Wednesday. President Trump later said he had signed it, during a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron.
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The U.S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing one man and leaving two survivors. This brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes to at least 208.
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