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What are the benefits and risks of allowing Ukraine to produce its own Patriot missiles?

By Gram Slattery and Humeyra Pamuk ANKARA, July 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States would grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors, a huge boost for Kyiv, which has long sought permission to produce the defensive weapons. "We're going to give a license to you to make Patriots. That's pretty cool. This way, you can't complain that we're not giving 'em enough," Trump said at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the NATO summit in Ankara

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What are the different ways people view Ali Khamenei's leadership and its impact on Iran's future?

Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli attacks in late February, is due to be buried on July 9 in the northeastern city of Mashhad. During nearly 36 years as Iran's supreme leader, Khamenei oversaw some of the most significant moments in the history of the Islamic republic. Here are key milestones in his life and leadership: - Early life - Khamenei was born on April 19, 1939, in the shrine city of Mashhad, where he later requested to be buried

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