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Belgium: Knife wielding Muslim terrorist shot and neutralized at Ghent railway station

Belgian police shot a Muslim terrorist armed with a knife and shouting allahu akbar, at the main railway station in the western city of Ghent on Tuesday. The terrorist was taken to hospital in a life threatening condition.

BREAKING – BELGIUM: Knife wielding Muslim terrorist shot by Police inside Ghent railway station while shouting 'allahu akbar'. Details to follow. pic.twitter.com/W7PSvwYaHN

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Belgium reduced its national threat level on Monday, saying a terror attack had become less likely almost two years after Muslim terrorists murdered 32 people in Brussels.

The government reduced the threat level to two on a four-tier scale, indicating a medium risk. Authorities had been on alert at level three for the serious chance of a terror attack since the bombings on March 22, 2016.

Local police were not immediately available for comment on the incident in Ghent.

Details to follow

 

President Trump extends nuclear sanctions relief on Iran – for last time

President Trump announced Friday that he will extend waivers for Iran nuclear sanctions, keeping alive the landmark Obama-era deal for at least another few months — but said this is the “last chance” to fix the pact before the U.S. withdraws.

In a stern statement, Trump said he’s waiving the sanctions to secure European allies’ agreement to address the “terrible flaws” in the 2015 deal negotiated by his predecessor.

“Despite my strong inclination, I have not yet withdrawn the United States from the Iran nuclear deal. Instead, I have outlined two possible paths forward: either fix the deal’s disastrous flaws, or the United States will withdraw,” Trump said.

“This is a last chance,” Trump warned. “In the absence of such an agreement, the United States will not again waive sanctions in order to stay in the Iran nuclear deal. And if at any time I judge that such an agreement is not within reach, I will withdraw from the deal immediately.”

He added, “No one should doubt my word.”

White House officials said Friday that the waivers would be the “last” signed by the president. In addition to the waivers, the Treasury Department rolled out more targeted sanctions on Iran for human rights abuses.

The Trump administration’s proposal to revise the 2015 deal is likely to be met with resistance from European nations.

Foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Brussels this week and decided they want to “protect” the deal against any decisions that could undermine it.

Trump’s demands include: immediate inspections at sites by international inspectors, ensuring Iran “never even comes close” to possessing a nuclear weapon and denying Iran paths to nuclear weapons forever (not 10 years like under current law).

White House officials said Friday that if the president can deny Iran a path to nuclear weapons “forever,” Trump would be “open to remaining in such a modified deal.”

“This would not entail direct negotiations with the Iranians, but would be something the U.S. works out with European partners only,” a White House official said Friday.

Trump called on European countries to join the U.S. in fixing the deal’s “significant flaws,” but warned that if other nations fail to act, he would “terminate” the deal.

“Those who, for whatever reason, choose not to work with us will be siding with the Iranian regime’s nuclear ambitions, and against the people of Iran and the peaceful nations of the world,” Trump said.