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X/@narendramodI Trump and Shehbaz say peace deal signing today, Iran questions timing Eman abouhassira, steve holland & saad sayeed Dubai, Washington, June 13 USPReSidenTdonaldTrump andmediatorPakistansaidSaturday an initial deal to end the war in the middle east would be signed Sunday, although iran denied the signing would take place so soon. Pakistani Prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said the two sides had agreed on a framework for a peace deal and that islamabadwaspreparingforan electronicsigningSunday,tobe followed by technical-level talks next week. Trump also said in a social Happening 5 IAF personnel killed today lODI wOrlD champIOns rebel faction of the Trinamool Congress (TmC) mPs, veteran party leader and six-time mP Sudip Bandyopadhyay Sunday signalled that he could join them as the dissidents prepare to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on monday to urge him to recognise them as a separate bloc and allow them to sit alongside the mPs of the ruling BJP-led nda in the House. The development has caused a fresh setback for TmC as AN-32 transporter crashes at Assam base amrita nayak Dutta New Delhi, June 13 FiveindianairForcepersonnel, including two officers, were killed Saturday when an antonov an-32 transport aircraft crashed during landing at Jorhat in assam. Of the six personnel on board, one was rescued and his conditionwassaidtobeserious. 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