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Here is a brief look at Press TV newsroom's headlines from 1800 GMT, June 10, 2018 to 0800 GMT, June 11, 2018.

Iran criticizes Europe

Iran’s leader criticizes Europe for keeping silent on Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the Israeli prime minister played the victim on his visit to European countries by claiming that Iran is bent on destroying Israel. Ayatollah Khamenei also said European leaders failed to raise their voice against Israel’s atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank. Iran’s leader described the Israeli prime minister as a child-killer. Ayatollah Khamenei noted that the late Egyptian leader Jamal Abdel Nasser had threatened to drown Jewish people at sea but Iran is just demanding a referendum in the occupied Palestinian territories to decide the future of Palestine. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a speech to a group of Iranian academics.

‘Plot against Iraq’

The Iraqi prime minister has reacted to the arson at a storage site of the ballot boxes from country’s recent parliamentary elections. Haidar al-Abadi condemned the burning of the election warehouse in Baghdad as part of a plot against the nation and its democracy. He said Baghdad will take all necessary measures, and pledged an iron fist policy against those who undermine the country’s security. Meanwhile, Iraq's Independent Higher Election Commission said all the ballot boxes in the warehouse are safe.

G7 leaders trading barbs  

After a divisive G7 meeting in Canada, US President Donald Trump expresses anger at Washington's close allies over the United States’ trade deficit. Trump wrote on his twitter page that the trade tariffs between Washington and its traditional allies are not fair. He said the US protects Europe at great financial loss, but gets unfairly clobbered on trade. The US president also criticized fellow members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, for contributing much less than Washington to the alliance. The tweets come following Trump’s refusal to endorse the joint statement from the G7 summit and amid an unusual diplomatic row between the once-united allies.

US-North Korea summit preparations

The US and North Korean delegates have held a meeting ahead of a scheduled summit of the two countries’ leaders in Singapore. US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui sat to talk at Ritz Carlton hotel on Monday. Security is tight in the city hours before US President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un meet. The summit is the first such event between a sitting American president and a North Korean leader in history. The North Korean Central News Agency says the two leaders will discuss a permanent peace-keeping mechanism. Trump has threatened that the meeting would be a one-time shot for Kim, describing it as an opportunity for Pyongyang that could never be repeated.

Italy to prohibit refugees’ entry

Italy's new far-right interior minister has called for the closure of the country’s ports to vessels carrying mostly-African refugees. Matteo Salvini, who has taken a tough line on asylum seekers, has asked the Mediterranean island of Malta to take in several hundred refugees aboard a rescue boat. The Maltese government has rejected Salvini’s request, saying it had nothing to do with the rescue operation. However, Salvini does not have the authority over Italy’s ports and it was not immediately clear if his line would hold. The mayor of Naples who is opposed to Salvini’s anti-refugee stance has pledged to let the humanitarian ship dock at its port. More than 600,000 asylum seekers have reached Italy by crossing the Mediterranean over the past five years.

Arab states to aid Jordan

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have pledged a massive aid package to Jordan to help it tone down growing anti-austerity protests. The three oil-rich monarchies have released a statement, saying Jordan would receive 2.5 billion dollars to deal with its economic and political crises. The decision was taken in Mecca, where Saudi King Salman hosted a summit with the Jordanian, Kuwaiti and Emirati leaders on Sunday. The emergency meeting came amid worries that unrest in Jordan could spill over into other monarchies facing similar challenges and could potentially inflame a new wave of anti-regime protests. Since early June, Jordan has witnessed its biggest protests in years over tax hikes and subsidy cuts pushed by the International Monetary Fund to reduce the country’s debt. The unrest prompted King Abdullah to sack the government and appoint a new prime minister.

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