Bedugul Coffee: Tuesday Morning Briefing: World awaits Trump's decision on Iran deal

iran

Donald Trump will announce today whether he will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal or stay in and work with European allies who have struggled to persuade him that it has successfully halted Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

I will be announcing my decision on the Iran Deal tomorrow from the White House at 2:00pm.

7:44 PM - 7 May, 2018

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran seeks constructive relations with the world but will continue domestic development despite possible sanctions.

united states

New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned yesterday after allegations of physical abuse by four women were reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine.

Commentary: The Senate’s confirmation hearing for Gina Haspel to be director of the CIA will be the last chance for the U.S. to confront its history of torturing terrorist suspects. Senator John McCain has already sent Haspel detailed written questions about the agency’s controversial techniques; Pulitzer Prize-winning CIA expert Tim Weiner has a few more.

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World

Lava spewing in fountains up to 300 feet high from an erupting Hawaiian volcano has destroyed 35 homes and other buildings, officials said yesterday, warning residents allowed brief visits to their properties to be prepared to flee at a moment’s notice.

In India, Modi’s government last month introduced the death penalty for rape of girls below 12 and increased the minimum punishment for those whose victims were under 16. But the emergency order did not mention boys, although a government survey has showed that male minors were more likely to be victims than female minors.

Gerry Doyle

@mgerrydoyle

As recently as 1993, it was legal in japan to sterilize people deemed undesirable... with or without their consent. https://reut.rs/2FVahqe

8:26 AM - may 8, 2018

Reuters

@Reuters

Two @Reuters journalists have been detained in Myanmar for 148 days. See full coverage: https://reut.rs/2rrU9ay

10:46 AM - May 8, 2018

Business

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