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<\/a> We just had our first human rights talk with the Biden administration:<\/strong> The US is \u201cconcerned\u201d about Egypt\u2019s human rights record, as well as our potential acquisition of fighter aircraft from Russia, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Foreign Minister Sameh Shourky in a phone call yesterday, according to a US state department press release<\/a>. Blinken\u2019s statement came amid expectations that President Joe Biden is set to recalibrate<\/a> Washington\u2019s relationship with key allies in the Middle East. Blinken and Shoukry\u2019s conversation also covered peace negotiations in Libya and Palestine, and combating terrorism in Sinai. Reuters<\/a> also had the story.<\/p>\n

Iran is enriching its uranium to a grade close to that needed to manufacture<\/strong> nuclear weapons for the first time in eight years<\/strong>, according to two reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency, adding strain to the fraught process of negotiating a return to a US-Iran nuclear agreement, Bloomberg<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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