Coronavirus live news: former French president dies of Covid complications; global deaths near 1.5m — The Guardian

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Key events Show 7.14pm EST19:14 New Zealand con­firms nine new cas­es in man­aged iso­la­tion facil­i­ties 6.54pm EST18:54 Lil­ly to sup­ply 650,000 more dos­es of bam­lanivimab to US gov­ern­ment 6.45pm EST18:45 Glob­al death toll nears 1.5m 6.35pm EST18:35 For­mer French pres­i­dent dies of Covid com­pli­ca­tions 6.29pm EST18:29 Sum­ma­ry Live feed Show 7.14pm EST19:14 New Zealand confirms…

Iranian Arms, Fighters Bolster Maduro Government in Venezuela, U.S. Says — The Wall Street Journal

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Iran is just one U.S. adver­sary back­ing Venezue­lan Pres­i­dent Nicolás Maduro, said Adm. Craig Fall­er.  Pho­to: Miraflo­res Palace/EPA/Shutterstock WASHINGTON—Iran has sent arms and dis­patched para­mil­i­tary oper­a­tives to help Venezuela Pres­i­dent Nicolás Maduro main­tain his hold on pow­er, the top U.S. mil­i­tary com­man­der for Cen­tral and South Amer­i­ca said Wednes­day. “We see a grow­ing Iran­ian influence…

Israeli parliament takes step toward new national elections — The Associated Press

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel took a major step toward plung­ing into its fourth nation­al elec­tion in under two years on Wednes­day as law­mak­ers — sup­port­ed by Prime Min­is­ter Ben­jamin Netanyahu’s main coali­tion part­ner — passed a pre­lim­i­nary pro­pos­al to dis­solve par­lia­ment. The 61–54 vote came just sev­en months after the coali­tion took office fol­low­ing three…