WATCH PRESS TV NEWS HEADLINES

Here is a brief look at Press TV newsroom's headlines from 1800 GMT, July 14, 2018 to 0800 GMT, July 15, 2018.

Gaza under attack

Israeli warplanes have pounded the besieged Gaza Strip shortly after the regime agreed to an Egypt-mediated ceasefire deal with Palestinian factions. Israel's military says it carried out the attacks in the east of Gaza in response to mortar shells fired from the besieged enclave. Israel claims the air raids targeted the positions of Hamas. The strikes came after Palestinian groups and Israel agreed on a truce deal. However, Palestinians had warned that they reserve the right to respond to any Israeli aggression. Earlier on Saturday, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza killed two teenagers and wounded over two dozen others.

Iran slams US unilateralism

The Iranian foreign minister says the 2015 Iran nuclear deal proves that the administration of US President Donald Trump cannot be trusted when it comes to international accords. Mohammad Javad Zarif says the nuclear agreement remains a triumph of multilateral diplomacy despite US actions. He says Iran knew that Washington could not be trusted, adding that US allies have now come to the same conclusion about toxic unilateralism of the Trump administration. The top Iranian diplomat made the statements on the third anniversary of the landmark accord between Iran and the P5+1 countries.

Haiti PM resigns

Haiti enters a new phase of crisis as Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant steps down after failing to secure a confidence vote due to his measure to lower fuel subsidies. In a televised address on Saturday, Lafontant said President Jovenel Moise had accepted his resignation. Days of violent protests engulfed the poverty-stricken Caribbean country over the subsidy move, which caused a 38 percent rise in gasoline prices. The fuel subsidies reduction announcement was part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund. During the unrest, demonstrators barricaded roads, looted stores and set cars ablaze in the capital, Port-au-Prince. The former premier announced a temporary reversal of the policy but it did not stop the protests.

Brexit controversy in UK

British Prime Minister Theresa May has called for parliamentary support for her Brexit Trade Bill, warning that no support could mean no Brexit at all. In an article published in The Mail on Sunday, May pushed back against the Conservative Party’s EU trade uproar that led to the resignation of her Brexit and foreign secretaries. She said her government is after leaving the single market and ending customs union. May, however, noted that keeping some of the existing joint arrangements in a common free trade area would be necessary to protect jobs. Britain faces a March 2019 deadline to leave the EU. But May’s critics say her Brexit proposals do not deliver on Brexit. They say the proposals mark London’s formal acknowledgement that continued economic and security relationship with the EU is essential for Britain’s future.

UN Afghan report

A UN report suggests the number of civilians killed in Afghanistan has hit a record high in the first half of 2018. According to the report, nearly 1700 people died and more than 3400 got injured. The death toll is one percent up compared to the previous year. The figure is also the highest since the UN began keeping tracks in 2009. The report blames the casualties on frequent bombings and militant attacks. This comes despite an unprecedented ceasefire between security forces and Taliban militants.

Syria army gains

Syrian government forces have seized control of a terrorist-held village in the country's southwest. The recapture of Mashara village in Quneitra province is the army’s first advance against terrorists since launching a major offensive in the southwest. Government troops seized the village located near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after heavy shelling. Army forces also shelled the town of al-Haara in neighboring Dara’a province. Government troops, backed by the Russian military, have captured most of Dara’a province in an offensive that began in June.