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bildo72 OP t1_jea4gt3 wrote

>Russian dictator Vladimir Putin may pay a visit to Turkey on April 27 for a nuclear power plant’s reactor inauguration, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 29, according to ATV.

>The first Turkish nuclear power plant in the Mediterranean town of Akkuyu was built and mostly funded by Russia's state nuclear energy company Rosatom. Upon completion, it is said that it will cover about 10% of the country's power needs.

>"Maybe there is a possibility that Mr Putin will come on April 27, or we may connect to the inauguration ceremony online and we will take the first step in Akkuyu," Erdoğan said.

>General elections are scheduled to take place in Turkey on May 14 this year alongside presidential elections.

>The International Criminal Court (ICC) on March 17 issued an arrest warrant for dictator Putin over charges that he oversaw the illegal abduction of children from Ukraine.

>However, Turkey has not ratified the Rome Statute, so it is not obliged to arrest the dictator.

Well if you needed another reason to vote for the opposition in Turkey, there you go.

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bildo72 OP t1_j9o19ww wrote

>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Thursday directly acknowledged an accusation attributed to international inspectors that it enriched uranium to 84% purity for the first time, which would put the Islamic Republic closer than ever to weapons-grade material.

>The acknowledgement by a news website linked to the highest reaches of Iran’s theocracy renews pressure on the West to address Tehran’s program, which had been contained by the 2015 nuclear deal that America unilaterally withdrew from in 2018. Years of attacks across the Middle East have followed.

>Already Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who recently regained his country’s premiership, is threatening to take military action similar to when Israel previously bombed nuclear programs in Iraq and Syria. But while those attacks saw no war erupt, Iran has an arsenal of ballistic missiles, drones and other weaponry it and its allies already have used in the region.

>Already Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who recently regained his country’s premiership, is threatening to take military action similar to when Israel previously bombed nuclear programs in Iraq and Syria. But while those attacks saw no war erupt, Iran has an arsenal of ballistic missiles, drones and other weaponry it and its allies already have used in the region.

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