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Nuclear ambitions, animosity with Israel and a hard line on women make Ebrahim Raisi a likely successor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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Australian injured in Afghanistan shooting in stable condition in hospital
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Body of Israeli hostage Ron Benjamin recovered from Gaza, says IDF
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'Risk the worst': France launches campaigns against independence strongholds amid violent riots in New Caledonia
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