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For well over a decade, successive governments have sounded the alarm about the Iranian regime gaining nuclear weapons - something Iran denies seeking.

But he said "most in Mauritius and Seychelles have made very clear...that they wish this deal to go ahead" - and they had been "deeply involved in consulting with successive prime ministers of Mauritius".

These are the sort of results and performances that led to condemnation of Southgate, even though he took England to successive European Championship finals.

But the musician is less complimentary about the way the North East of England has been, as he puts it, "wilfully neglected by successive governments for decades".

Sinner, who was bidding for his maiden Roland Garros triumph, was denied his third successive major after a gruelling, gritty and glorious encounter.