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1. 'No talks or conversations' with Iran, Trump says, as temporary ceasefire expires

   

   U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday no talks were taking place with Iran and none were scheduled, and he insisted the Strait of Hormuz was open, contradicting an ‌earlier Iranian assertion the critical waterway remained shut to shipping.

2. Another duty to warn letter casts doubt on Carney's rapprochement with India

   

   The RCMP issued another "duty to warn" letter to a Sikh separatist, Inderjeet Singh Gosal, who replaced Hardeep Singh Nijjar as leader of the Khalistani referendum effort in Canada. The newest threat raises more questions about the Carney government's claim that threats from the Indian government in Canada have been neutralized.

3. ABC sues U.S. broadcast regulator over early licence reviews, calling it an 'existential threat'

   

   Further escalating its battle with the Trump administration, ABC on Tuesday took the rare step of suing the Federal Communications Commission on First Amendment grounds, saying the agency's demand for early review of broadcast licences posed an "existential threat" to its operations.

4. ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dead at 77

   

   Frank Beard, the drummer for the Texas boogie-rock trio ZZ Top who kept the tempo for the band's biggest hits like Sharp Dressed Man, Legs and Gimme All Your Lovin,' has died.

5. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz vows to slow mining efforts in 'sacred' Boundary Waters wilderness

   

   Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday said the state would not review or process permits on proposed mining projects in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, four months after the U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump's administration lifted a federal ban.