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Editorial analysis examines Donald Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran signed at Versailles, arguing the deal ends a war America lost while leaving Israel less secure. It highlights political obstacles in the US Senate, the legal and strategic disputes around sanctions and nuclear review, and broader consequences for the Middle East and Western unity.","| FRIDAY 1 9 JUNE 2 0 2 6 | WWW. INDEPENDENT. CO. UK |\n| --- | --- |\n\nAMY-CLARE MARTIN  \nCRIME CORRESPONDENT  \nA teacher who sexually abused and murdered his adopted baby has been told he will die in jail for the crime that police said had “shocked the nation”  \nJamie Varley, 37, was given a whole-life order for killing toddler Preston Davey, whom he adopted with his partner John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32. Passing sentence, Mr Justice Turner said Preston had faced “unremitting abuse”  \nbefore being killed by Varley during a sex attack. Children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza said the harrowing case was a “failure of the state and the safeguarding system” and vowed to find out if it could have been prevented.  \nFRIDAY 19 JUNE 2026  \nNews  \nEditorials  \nNew ‘treaty of Versailles’forgets history at its peril  \nWith no great sense of history, and still less shame, Donald Trump signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran in the grand setting of the Palace of Versailles, flanked by his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and Emmanuel Macron, president of the French Republic.  \nIt was a historic, if odd, moment. There was no representative from the Islamic Republic to join the US president in the brief ceremony, and the “treaty” had already been agreed by the vicepresident, JD Vance, and signed off by both sides “digitally”, with Israel glaringly excluded.  \nEarlier, Mr Trump had joked that he wasn’t even sure if such a flimsy, low-level diplomatic instrument warranted his formal signature, and that Mr Vance could take the blame if things went wrong. Like so many of the president’s wisecracks, this carried a hint of menace – a subtle reference to Mr Vance’s chances of succeeding Mr Trump in 2028.  \nIn the event, Mr Trump couldn’t resist the call of destiny, and put Sharpie to paper. No doubt he will claim this as the ninth or 10th war he has ended, leaving the question ofwho started it to the “fake news” people to point out. No matter. Operation Epic Fury has ended up an epic defeat.  \nHowever, for all the MoU’s many flaws and tragic ironies, the immediate feeling must be one of relief. The war is over. That is reason enough for celebration. Even if the MoU is no better than the Iran nuclear deal that Barack Obama negotiated in 2015, orthe Omani-brokered settlement reached in February this year, Iran’s renunciation of nuclear weapons is a precious achievement – the tragedy being that this war was not necessary to accomplish it.  \nThe Iran war has ended because, not to be too fastidious, America lost – and for that reason is unlikely to restart it. The US Navy is retreating from the combat zone, and the chiefs of staff, based on bitter experience, are in a better position to counsel the president not to bother returning. Formally, the ceasefire lasts for only 60 days, but it is impossible to imagine that, come August, with the midterm elections almost upon him, Mr Trump would willingly choose to inflict chaos on the world, and higher inflation on Americans, just as he is trying to retain control of an increasingly troublesome Congress.  \nAs he has admitted, he may end up being impeached, again. As things stand, however, resistance to the MoU among Senate  \nRepublicans will make things difficult for him in any case. Senators are required by law to review any agreement with Iran involving nuclear material, and they will also have to approve the relaxation of certain sanctions. Mr Trump will need to mobilise his sceptical Maga base to help him end the kind of costly, risky, intractable conflict in the Middle East that he promised never to embroil America in again. In that very real political sense, President Trump has emerged a loser from this process.  \nSo too, and to a more mortally dangerous extent, has Israel. Mr Trump was either talked into this doomed adventure by Benjamin Netanyahu or encouraged into it, but it was illegal, unplanned and unnecessary, and a calamity for Israel. It was designed to humble Iran, crush the terrorist prox","cbCaibrKGqxPLBmR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibrKGqxPLBmR","pdf",21157468,6,1,110,"English","en",105,"# Crime News\n## Sentencing and safeguarding failure\n# Editorials\n## Trump–Iran MoU at Versailles\n## War outcome and US political constraints\n## Impact on Israel and regional security\n## Treaty flaws, sanctions, and nuclear review","[{\"question\":\"What was Jamie Varley sentenced for and what did the court say about the abuse?\",\"answer\":\"Jamie Varley received a whole-life order for killing his adopted toddler Preston Davey. 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