World in brief: May 7, 2024

CZECH REPUBLIC: The country’s highest court ruled today to dismiss part of a law requiring people to undergo gender-affirmation surgery, including sterilisation, in order to officially change their gender.
The constitutional court said the requirements are unconstitutional and in conflict with “the fundamental right of trans people to have protected their physical integrity and personal autonomy in connection with their human dignity.”
IRAN: The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran are still negotiating over how to implement a deal struck last year to expand inspections of the country’s rapidly advancing atomic programme, officials said today.
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