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I shouldn't have left White House: Donald Trump

Donald Trump stated that he did not accept defeat and the results of the 2020 presidential election

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Lutz: Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he should not have left the White House after losing the 2020 presidential election.

Speaking at a rally in Lutz, Pennsylvania, Donald Trump stated that he did not accept defeat and the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Trump added: “When I was leaving the office, our border was the most secure in history. We did a great job. We had a lot but today there are hundreds of lawyers standing at every polling booth”.

After the 2020 presidential elections in the United States, Donald Trump refused to accept his defeat against Joe Biden and the results of the election and promoted conspiracy theories about the election.

In a 2022 book by New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, it was reported that at the time, Donald Trump told his aides that he would not leave the White House and while living in it, he would not let the coming President Joe Biden take over.

According to Haberman, at that time, Donald Trump told one of his aides, “I'm just not going to leave here, we're not leaving”. To another aide, Trump said, “How can you leave when you've won the election”?

It is pertinent to note that the US presidential elections are on November 5, in which the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and the Republican candidate Donald Trump will compete.

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Iranian protesters mark anniversary of 1979 US embassy hostage crisis in Tehran

The hostage crisis began in November 1979 following the Islamic revolution 

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Tehran (AFP): Iranian demonstrators gathered on Sunday outside the former US embassy in Tehran to mark the anniversary of the 1979 hostage crisis that has for decades shaped relations between Washington and Tehran.

The hostage crisis began in November 1979 following the Islamic revolution led by Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini which ousted the Western-backed Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.

Students loyal to Khomeini stormed the embassy building and held 52 staff hostage for 444 days while demanding that Washington hand over Iran’s recently toppled shah, who was being treated in the United States for cancer.

Washington officially broke off relations with Tehran in 1980, midway through the crisis, and they have been frozen ever since.

“Death to Israel, Death to America!” chanted crowds of Iranians outside the building, which is currently a museum known as the “Den of Spies”, and covered with striking anti-American murals.

Others burnt the Israeli and US flags.

Iranians have held the rallies annually since 1979.

Regional tensions have soared since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict in October 2023, triggered by the Palestinian Hamas militant group’s unprecedented attack on Israel.

Israel, an ally of the US and a long-standing foe of Iran, has since engaged in a deadly conflict with groups including Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

On October 26, Israel conducted air strikes on military sites in Iran in response to Tehran’s October 1 attack on Israel, itself retaliation for the killing of Iran-backed militant leaders and a Revolutionary Guards commander.

Israel has warned Iran against responding to its attack.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Saturday a harsh response against Israel and the US to attacks on Iran and its allies.

“The enemies, both the USA and the Zionist regime, should know that they will definitely receive a tooth-breaking response to what they are doing against Iran, the Iranian nation and the resistance front,” Khamenei said in a speech to students in Tehran.

Sunday’s event took place days ahead of the US elections pitting Republican Donald Trump against Democrat Kamala Harris.

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First ODI: Pakistan's first wicket against Australia fall for three runs

Pakistan and Australia teams compete at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

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Melbourne: Pakistan's batting continues in the first match of the three-match ODI series against Australia.

Pakistan and Australia teams are competing at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), where the host team won the toss and decided to field.

Pakistan's Saeem Ayub was dismissed by Mitchell Starc for one run.

Pakistan's playing XI includes Abdullah Shafiq, Saeem Ayub, Babar Azam, Muhammad Rizwan, Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf and Muhammad Hasnain.

The Pakistani cricket team is currently on a tour to Australia to play a series of three ODIs and three T20 matches.

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