This episode of NPR News Now covers multiple international and domestic developments, highlighting escalating U.S.-Iran tensions over Hezbollah, a deadly industrial explosion in Qatar, a historic LGBTQ+ pride march in Kyiv, a heat wave in Paris, and a shift in sentiment among Asian Americ
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