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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 28, 2025.

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Russia launches record aerial attack on Ukraine

Russia launched the largest aerial assault on Ukraine overnight since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

June 29, 2025
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  • Joanna Kakissis
J. J. O Dochartaigh from the hip hop trio Kneecap performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025.

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  • Music

Northern Irish rap group Kneecap plays Glastonbury despite controversy

Irish-language rap group Kneecap gave an impassioned performance for tens of thousands of fans on Saturday at the Glastonbury Festival despite criticism by British politicians and a terror charge for one of the trio.

June 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Activists stage a protest in Venice, Italy, Saturday, June 28, 2025, denouncing the three-day celebrations for the wedding between Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos that took place in Venice.

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  • World

'Kisses yes, Bezos No,' protesters say, as Bezos wedding stirs controversy in Venice

Protesters denounced the three-day celebrations for the wedding between Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos as a symbol of rising inequality and disregard for the city's residents.

June 28, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Participants in the Pride march cross the Elisabeth Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday.

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  • Europe

Around 100,000 march in Budapest Pride event in defiance of Hungary's ban

Marchers gambled with potential police intervention and fines to participate in the annual Budapest Pride, which was outlawed by a law passed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing governing party.

June 28, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Soroka Hospital in the southern city of Beersheba, after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran on June 19. Israel has scored a series of military successes and reshaped the Middle East since being stunned by a surprise Hamas attack in October 2023.

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  • Middle East

With a series of wars, Israel's military reshapes the Mideast

Israel was stunned by a surprise Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Since that day, Israel has delivered devastating blows to rivals and has reconfigured the Middle East.

June 28, 2025
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  • Greg Myre
Palestinians carry food packages near a distribution site operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday.

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  • Middle East

Israel's leaders slam a news report on a Gaza 'killing field' near food sites

Israel's prime minister denounced a report in Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoting Israeli soldiers saying commanders ordered them to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites.

June 28, 2025
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  • Aya Batrawy
German soldiers participate in a ceremonial roll call on May 22 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Germany, which leads a multinational NATO task force in Lithuania, is in the process of deploying a 5,000-strong brigade to Lithuania on a permanent basis. NATO is strengthening its eastern flank as a deterrent to what it sees as an aggressive Russia.

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  • World

In an about-face, Germany plans to build Europe's biggest military

A new Trump presidency and the Ukraine war have pushed Germany to change its constitution to spend more on its military. "Building up our military is our top priority," said Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

June 28, 2025
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  • Rob Schmitz
Trucks loaded with containers move through a port in Shanghai, China Monday, June 9, 2025.

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  • Economy

Trump says he's terminating trade talks with Canada, 'effective immediately'

The announcement on Canada follows a flurry of updates around trade talks and a suggestion by President Trump that the upcoming July 8 deadline for countries to make deals with the U.S. is moveable.

June 27, 2025
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben
From left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Trump and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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  • World

Five academics and former diplomats
on U.S. strikes, Iran and stability

What 5 academics and former diplomats told Morning Edition about the U.S. strikes on Iran and fallout with Israel.

June 27, 2025
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  • Majd Al-Waheidi
Clouds are seen above the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2025.

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  • News

Supreme Court to decide on 6 cases today. And, new details on U.S. airstrikes on Iran

The Supreme Court is expected to decide on six remaining cases of its term today, including one on birthright citizenship. And, new details about the U.S. air strikes on Iran's nuclear program.

June 27, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
FILE - Takahiro Shiraishi leaves a police station in Hachioji, suburbs of Tokyo, in November 2017.

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  • Asia

Japan executes man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering 9 people

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media.

June 27, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
People carry relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private U.S.-backed aid group that has bypassed the long-standing United Nations-led system in the territory, as displaced Palestinians return from an aid distribution center in the central Gaza Strip, on June 8.

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  • Middle East

He owns trendy Israeli eateries. Now he's a rep for a controversial Gaza food program

Shahar Segal — known for restaurants around the world that include Manhattan's Michelin-starred Shmoné — is a spokesperson for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

June 26, 2025
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  • Itay Stern and
  • Daniel Estrin
French Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (right) and his wife, Canadian producer Tanya Lapointe, will work together on the next installment of the James Bond franchise.

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  • Movies

The next James Bond film will have Dune's Denis Villeneuve as its director

"I'm a die-hard Bond fan," Denis Villeneuve says. The Quebecois filmmaker's hiring comes as a relief to British 007 fans who had feared the worst when U.S. company Amazon MGM took control of Bond.

June 26, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (L), accompanied by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine (R), speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on Thursday about the U.S. airstrikes against Iran's nuclear facilities.

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  • Middle East

Pentagon chief: Iran strike was a 'historically successful attack'

Striking a combative tone, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. media was more focused on "cheering against" President Trump than covering airstrikes on Iran's nuclear sites.

June 26, 2025
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  • Greg Myre and
  • Tom Bowman
Rachel Zegler, playing Eva Perón in <em>Evita</em>, performs "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" on a balcony overlooking a London street at the London Palladium on June 18.

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  • World

This summer's most talked-about performance on London's West End isn't onstage

In London, an actor playing Evita sings "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" on a balcony over the street. It's livestreamed into the theater — frustrating some ticket holders but delighting passersby.

June 26, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer
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