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Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 09:00 GMT, April 20, 2025.
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ECONOMY
Iran’s new milestone in production of rare earth elements
Iranian companies were able to design, manufacture, install, and commission 100% of the equipment, some of which was manufactured and operated for the first time in the country.
PALESTINE
Famine in Gaza no longer a risk but a reality: Rights group
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has warned that famine is likely to occur throughout the Gaza Strip, noting that hundreds of thousands of people are facing catasrophic food insecurity in the region.
PALESTINE
Israeli-American captive’s fate still uncertain as Israeli bombing kills guard: Hamas
Hamas says the fate of American-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, who was held as a captive by the Palestinian resistance group, remains unknown after an aerial assault by the Tel Aviv regime killed one of the captive’s guards.
REPORTS
Columbia student sues Trump administration over visa revocation
Another student is added to the list of students now targeted by ICE after participating in a sit-in for Palestine at Columbia's Barnard College last month.
PALESTINE
‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: Chilling testimonies detail Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza
A recent damning report, citing testimonies by Israeli soldiers, details the genocidal war crimes committed by the occupation soldiers in so-called buffer zones in Gaza.
PALESTINE
Israel kills 54 in 24 hrs in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to continue genocidal war
As the Israeli military killed at least 54 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press ahead with his genocidal war in the besieged territory.
FOREIGN POLICY
Efforts to increase taxes on wealthy, tech giants fail under Trump: Report
Global tax reforms aimed at taxing billionaires and multinational corporations have stalled, with the US under President Donald Trump blocking the reforms, reports say.
REPORTS
Protesters slam BBC's pro-Israel bias in reporting Gaza genocide
Palestine supporters held a protest outside Belfast, the Northern Irish capital, condemning BBC's biased, pro-Zionist reporting.
IN-DEPTH
Indirect Iran-US talks proceed on 'constructive' note
The second round of indirect talks between Iran and the US on Iran's nuclear program and American sanctions took place at the Omani Embassy in Rome.
POLITICS
Israel will never be able to attack Iran: FM Araghchi
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Israel has never been able to wage an attack on the nation in the past and it will not be able to do so in the future.
YEMEN
US strikes kill three, injure several in Sana’a, other Yemeni regions
The US has conducted more acts of aggression against Yemen by launching a new wave of airstrikes across multiple regions in the Arab country, killing at least three people and injuring several people.
POLITICS
Thousands condemn Trump’s policies in rallies across US
Thousands of protesters express their discontent with the Donald Trump’s administration’s policies on deportations, government dismissals, and wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
REPORTS
Demonstrators in Britain’s Essex rally against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza
As the Israeli regime's genocidal military campaign in Gaza enters its 18th month, protests continue to erupt across the UK.
REPORTS
More nationwide ‘50501’ protests against Trump’s agenda
The United States has seen another major wave of anti-Donald Trump protests, with some 700 protests across the country.
REPORTS
US airstrikes devastate Yemen’s Ras Isa port
Recent US airstrikes in Yemen knocked out one of the country’s most vital civilian facilities, worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis.
DEFENSE
Iran Army possesses ‘ultra-secret, AI-powered’ weapons; enemy has no chance to survive: Cmdr.
Army Ground Force commander says the force has domestically-developed, ultra-secret weapons powered by artificial intelligence at its disposal.
REPORTS
2nd round of indirect Iran-US talks wraps up in Rome
Iran and the United States have held a second round of indirect talks in Italy’s capital, with the involved parties describing the process as fruitful.
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