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<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">The sanctions represent a gradual increase in the U.S. sanctions regime on Russia and come amid intensifying questions about President Donald Trump’s willingness to counter increasingly belligerent Russian behavior. </p><br />
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Wednesday’s sanctions will be imposed as part of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991, which requires the imposition of sanctions on countries found to have used chemical weapons. The sanctions are phased, and while the first set of measures will only gradually increase American restrictions on economic activity, the next phase could impose severe penalties on Moscow. </p><br />
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">If Moscow does not provide adequate assurances that it is no longer using chemical weapons and allows inspectors into the country to verify its commitment, Washington may impose even tougher measures. </p><br />
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">The Russian ruble <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/mctnnkvpvwnlccctltwkslzvjqlkkzptstcpqsdpbqtd_njkqfttqwnqdffjqrqrr.html">plunged</a> on the news, dropping 5.1 percent against the dollar over two days. </p><br />
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><b>Israel:</b> The Israeli military traded fire with Palestinian militants in Gaza overnight, according to the <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/phmmmskvkfmbhhhybyfsdbrkgqbssrvydyhvqdlvcqyc_njkqfttqwnqdffjqrqrr.html"><i>New York Times</i></a>. The Israeli military says it struck more than 150 targets after Hamas fired rockets across the Gaza border into southern Israel, wounding several Israelisl. Three Palestinians died in the strike. </p><br />
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<p> • The death toll following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/mtqnnkvpvwnlccctltwkslzvjqlkkzptstcpqsdpbqny_njkqfttqwnqdffjqrqrr.html">rose</a> to 347.</p><br /><br />
<p> • Three stateless teenage soccer players trapped for weeks in a cave in Thailand <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/scvmmdhphjmtbbbctcjdltzhgrtddzpclcbprlkpsrmc_njkqfttqwnqdffjqrqrr.html">were granted</a> Thai citizenship, as was their coach. </p><br /><br />
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<p> • An attack on a bus in northern Yemen <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/qvvggbrdrngtmmmvtvnbhtjrcwtbbjdvhvmdwhfdpwgg_njkqfttqwnqdffjqrqrr.html">left</a> several children dead or wounded. </p><br /><br />
<p> • Iran’s foreign minister <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/qvgggbrdrngtmmmvtvnbhtjrcwtbbjdvhvmdwhfdpwgf_njkqfttqwnqdffjqrqrr.html">claimed</a> that renewed U.S. sanctions on the country will not halt its oil exports. </p><br /><br />
<p> • Saudi Arabia <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/sckmmdhphjmtbbbctcjdltzhgrtddzpclcbprlkpsrms_njkqfttqwnqdffjqrqrr.html">escalated</a> its diplomatic row with Canada by banning its citizens from receiving medical treatment there.</p><br /><br />
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<p> • The British pound <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/jtqvvdknksvwbbbtwtsdfwzkprwddzntftbnrfmnqrvf_njkqfttqwnqdffjqrqrr.html">experienced</a> heavy losses on renewed fears that the United Kingdom will exit the European Union without a trade deal in place. </p><br /><br />
<p> • Germany and Spain <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/hsmccgpfpnczvvvszsngmzlpdqzgglfsmsvfqmwfhqcf_njkqfttqwnqdffjqrqrr.html">reached</a> an agreement to return migrants to Spain who have already registered as refugees there. </p><br /><br />
<p> • Authorities in Belarus <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/glwrrhpmpwrdccckdkwhndjpfydhhjmknkcmyntmlytw_njkqfttqwnqdffjqrqrr.html">detained</a> 18 journalists and raided offices and apartments belonging to members of the media.</p><br /><br />
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<p> • The Argentinian Senate <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/ezsbbkwqwdbfrrrtftdkpfvwcsfkkvqtptrqsphqzshs_njkqfttqwnqdffjqrqrr.html">voted down</a> a measure that would have legalized abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. </p><br /><br />
<p> • Venezuelan authorities <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/mbynnkvpvwnlccctltwkslzvjqlkkzptstcpqsdpbqdy_njkqfttqwnqdffjqrqrr.html">blamed</a> two opposition lawmakers for the recent drone attack on President Nicolas Maduro.</p><br /><br />
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