This NPR News broadcast covers a series of escalating global crises, including U.S. airstrikes on Iran after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, deadly wildfires across southern Europe, a dangerous heat wave spreading across the U.S., security concerns over the new Air Force One, and an
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