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Trump questions US intel, not Putin, on Russia 2016 meddling
Standing next to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump openly questioned his own intelligence agencies' conclusions that Moscow was to blame for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election to Trump’s benefit and seemed to accept Putin’s insistence that Russia’s hands were clean.
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press and Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
Iran has no intention to leave Syria, top official says
Iran has no intention of leaving Syria regardless of U.S. and Israeli pressure, a senior envoy to Iran’s leader said Friday, reaffirming a tough stance on the issue expected to top the agenda of the upcoming U.S.-Russian summit.
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