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An election in Myanmar put a new government in place, but there's not much hope for change. They're bombing every day. Stay military, military dictatorship, so nothing changed.

I'm Marco Wurman today, the way forward for Myanmar after an election that's seen as a sham.

Also the most vulnerable populations in Tehran navigate life in wartime.

And at the Paralympics, the wet snow has been extra challenging.

The slush maybe added an extra element for those of us skiing with one pole.

Plus lots of international films are up for Oscars, like a Brazilian thriller, about

dissent with the government that feels eerily relevant.

They are just living their lives, and suddenly they become the center focus of the government

going after them. That sounds like ripped out of the headlines right now.

That's all ahead today,

here on the world. This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for being with us this Friday.

Ramping up and only up, that's how U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth described the plan

for U.S. military operations going forward in the Middle East. Today will be yet again the highest

volume of strikes that America has put over the skies of Iran and Tehran, the number of

sorters and number of bomber pulses, the highest yet, ramping up and only up. U.S. and Israeli forces

have been bombing Iran for nearly two weeks now, with bombs falling mostly on the

densely populated city of Tehran. According to Iran's Red Crescent Society, the strikes have already

killed more than a thousand people. The world's Sharin Jafari has been in touch with people on

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