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​Iran Slows Its Missile Launches as Israel Dominates Air Space

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

44K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

P.M. Edition for June 18. As President Trump weighs whether to strike Iran, Israel says that its control over the skies has enabled it to repel most Iranian strikes against the country. But concerns remain that Iran is stockpiling its weapons. We hear from WSJ correspondent Dov Lieber about what’s behind the slowdown in missile launches, and what this means for the next phase of the conflict. Plus, the Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady, but keeps the door open for cuts later this year. WSJ chief economics correspondent Nick Timiraos tells us about the factors that the Fed considered in its decision. And Journal reporter Chip Cutter joins to discuss why thriving American companies are cutting their workforces. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the year 2000.

0:02.8

Everyone, everywhere, is having fun, except me.

0:06.6

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0:08.0

I worry you're growing up too fast.

0:10.6

Yeah, we can't be your little ducky forever, can I?

0:13.0

Inspired by a true story.

0:14.8

Walk out of this house a boy, one day you'll come back.

0:17.8

When you do, you will be a man.

0:20.2

I won't hold your breath. What it feels like for a girl. I wish I could look like you. come back. When you do, you will be a man. Oh, and hard your breath.

0:21.5

What it feels like for a girl. I wish I could look like you. Bebe, you can. Why don't you?

0:27.0

Watch on BBC Eye Player.

0:33.5

Iran says it won't surrender, even as it's launching fewer missiles at Israel.

0:38.8

Plus, the Fed holds rate steady but keeps the door open to cuts later this year.

0:44.1

And why the biggest companies in the U.S. are reducing their headcount.

0:48.3

It's such a shift from even a few years ago in the pandemic,

0:50.4

when a lot of companies were doing things what we would call talent hoarding,

0:53.6

where they'd hire people even when they didn't have a job for them.

0:55.8

Now it's like you do not add headcount.

0:58.3

It's Wednesday, June 18th.

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I'm Alex Sosa left for the Wall Street Journal.

1:02.6

This is the PM edition of What's News,

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the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

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