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On July 8, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1776, Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. In 1937, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad. In 1942, Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1881) passed away. In 1962, Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement. In 1972, Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani. In 1973, Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Education Minister of Israel (born 1884) passed away. In 1982, A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months. In 1994, Kim Jong Il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il Sung. In 1994, Kim Il Sung, North Korean commander and politician, President of North Korea (born 1912) passed away. In 2014, Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Iran emboldened after NATO and Dems refused to stand firmly behind Trump

Sky News Australia

July 8, 2026

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The Foreign Desk Editor-in-Chief Lisa Daftari says if NATO and the Democrats stood firmly behind US President Donald Trump in Iran, the regime may have been less emboldened. “If NATO, if the EU, if the Democrats, if the Republicans; they stood firmly behind the United States and Israel in this war, we would have been at least able to have more of an appetite to go further,” Ms Daftari told Sky News Digital Presenter James Bolt. “Had we gone a drop further, maybe the Iranian regime would not be as emboldened to now stand up and make these kinds of requests.”

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