Syria’s leader can celebrate the UN Security Council lifting sanctions, just ahead of his visit to the White House today. Plus: We ask the founders of A Land for All: is there is a better two-state solution for the Middle East? Also: Baillie Gifford Prize winner Helen Garner.

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Iran threatens retaliation for any US strikes as American troops are evacuated from Middle East bases
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Can Trump win the fight against Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell? Plus: Finnish technology
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