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President Donald Trump criticised an Israeli strike on Lebanon that could complicate attempts to finalise a framework deal between the United States and Iran on Sunday on ending their war, but said an agreement was nonetheless close.

US President Donald Trump will hold bilateral talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the G7 summit opening Monday in Évian, France, the Egyptian presidency announced Sunday.

Somaliland's President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on Sunday, in what marks the breakaway territory's first-ever state visit to a foreign country, and a milestone in the unlikely but deepening partnership between the two nations.

When Iran's Team Melli takes to the field in Los Angeles on Monday against New Zealand, the game will be about far more than football. It will be a confrontation between a theocratic regime desperate to control its image abroad and the millions of Iranians - at home and in exile - who refuse to let it.

Israel said its military attacked Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday after the Lebanese armed group fired into Israeli territory.

A senior Iranian official told Reuters a final draft of the memorandum of understanding with the U.S. covered a range of issues, from Tehran’s nuclear work to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. waivers on oil sanctions, with a final deal to be discussed in the 60 days following agreement by the two sides.

The Israeli army ordered the evacuation of 29 villages north of the Litani River in southern Lebanon on Sunday, ahead of what it described as imminent strikes against Hezbollah positions.

Switzerland on Sunday rejected a proposal to cap its population at 10 million as voters prioritised economic stability and ties with the European Union over worries immigration was stretching public services and pushing up rents.

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef (Joe) Rajji delivered one of the most candid assessments of his country's situation in years, speaking Saturday to the French daily Le Figaro, making clear that Hezbollah is strategically finished and that Lebanon will not allow Iran to negotiate on its behalf.

Lebanon's Maronite bishops have thrown their full support behind the Lebanese state and its ongoing direct negotiations with Israel, calling on all Lebanese to unite around their national institutions and army.

Hungary's main opposition Fidesz party re-elected former Prime Minister Viktor Orban as its leader on Saturday for another year despite the party's loss of power in an April 12 election to the centre-right Tisza party.