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Myanmar

Myanmar saw its deadliest day yet as 18 people were killed by the police during Sunday’s protests. Thousands took to the streets to protest the coup that saw the removal of the existent government on February 1st and gave way to military rule. Myanmar citizens have been protesting in the streets since elected government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her party leadership were arrested due to an alleged fraud in a November election where her party won in a landslide. The police were receiving back-up by the military to disperse protestors.

Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, stated on Sunday that Iran will not be negotiation with the United States or European Union to re-enter the 2015 nuclear deal. Khatibzadeh stated that Iran kept up its part of the deal until 2018 when the Trump administration unilaterally left the deal and imposed harsh economic sanctions. Iran, said Khatibzadeh, will only return to the talking table when all sanctions have been lifted. Iran earlier this month decided to deny access to the IAEA to inspect its nuclear facility. Biden’s administration is hopeful Iran will return to the negotiation table.

US

Sunday marked the final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). A weekend that saw big conservative names, such as Ted Cruz and Larry Kudlow, ended with former President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated speech. Donald Trump said that he will not be starting a new party. which many people expected he will, because his main focus is to reunify and strengthen the current Republican party. It should be noted that he did attack many fellow Republicans for being so weak on fighting against what he called “Election Fraud”. He teased a possible run on 2024 by saying ” I wonder who will be the nominee in 2024″. It is not clear when Donald Trump will speak to the public again, but he did say that we have not seen the last of him.