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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims an Iran nuclear deal is "based on Iranian lies", and says he has new "proof" of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons programme, as the White House considers whether to quit a landmark atomic accord that Israel opposes. 1ST SOUNDBITE
During an address explaining the renewed US policy regarding the Iran nuclear deal, Trump slams the conduct of the 'Iranian dictatorship' and 'its sponsorship of terrorism'. SOUNDBITE
Israelis protest outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem to demand a hostage deal after Hamas said it had accepted a proposal for a truce in the seven-month-old war in Gaza. IMAGES
The EU's foreign policy chief says he is hopeful the Iran nuclear deal could be revived after receiving "reasonable" responses to his proposed text from Iran and the United States. "I am hoping that in the coming days we are not going to lose this momentum and we can close the deal" says Josep Borrell, at an informal meeing of EU foreign ministers in Prague. SOUNDBITE
The EU says "everybody is studying the response and this is not the time, for the moment, to speculate on timing", as it mulls Iran's reponse to a "final" draft agreement on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord with major powers it presented at talks in Vienna. SOUNDBITE
The United States says that it is now up to Iran to make hard decisions in order to restore the 2015 deal on limiting its nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions. After nearly a year of negotiations, "the onus is on Tehran to make decisions that it might consider difficult," State Department spokesperson Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE