On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; assassin Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was arrested at the scene.
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Iranian, Egyptian and U.N. leaders have met to discuss Iran's nuclear program after the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Iran is increasing its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels. The confidential report emerged amid U.S.-Iran talks. The talks are aimed at attempting to limit Iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting some of the crushing economic sanctions that the U.S. has imposed on Iran. The sanctions have strained relations for almost 50 years. Iran's foreign minister met Monday with Egypt's president and the International Atomic Energy Agency director. The IAEA chief says they hope the report would provide "an incentive for a peaceful solution."
Arab leaders have endorsed Egypt's postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow its roughly 2 million Palestinians to remain in the territory. The $53 billion plan's endorsement by Arab leaders at a summit in Cairo amounted to a widespread rejection of Trump's proposal. The summit conclusions were welcomed by Hamas, rejected by Israel and met with a lukewarm response by the Trump administration. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi expressed his appreciation for the consensus among Arab countries in supporting the plan, which he said allows the Palestinian People to remain on their land.
President Donald Trump says Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. "ownership" of the war-torn territory. That contradicts other officials in his administration who have sought to argue Trump was only calling for the temporary relocation of its population. Less than a week after he floated his plan for the U.S. to take control of Gaza and turn it into "the Riviera of the Middle East," Trump said "No, they wouldn't" when asked if Palestinians in Gaza would have a right to return to the territory. Trump made his comments in an interview with FOX News that was set to air on Monday.
President Donald Trump and advisers say that a three to five year timeline for reconstruction of Gaza, as set out in a temporary truce agreement, is not viable. The U.S. administration reiterated its call on Tuesday for Arab nations to relocate displaced Palestinians in the war-torn territory. Trump Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff said "it is unfair to explain to Palestinians that they might be back in five years." He added that such a timeline is "preposterous." The administration renewed its call on Arab nations to relocate displaced Palestinians as Trump is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Egypt and Jordan, as well other Arab nations, have rejected calls by Trump to relocate the territory's 2.3 million Palestinians during postwar rebuilding.
Today in history: On Oct. 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad while reviewing a military parade.
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