Israel-Iran-Lebanon Escalation, Trump Walks Out Of Interview, Ebola Outbreak In DRC
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🗓️ 8 June 2026
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President Trump abruptly walked out of an interview on Meet the Press after being pressed on his anti-weaponization fund and his repeated false claims that the 2020 election and last week's California primaries were rigged.
And the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading at an unprecedented pace, with Africa's CDC warning it could rival the worst outbreak on record.
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(05:25) Trump Walks Out Of Interview
(09:04) Ebola Outbreak In DRC
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| 0:00.0 | Israel and Iran traded fire overnight. It is the most serious escalation since their shaky ceasefire started in April. |
| 0:08.5 | Israeli strikes hit Beirut. Despite a U.S. brokered ceasefire, then Iran fired back at Israel is the region sliding back into an all-out war. |
| 0:16.2 | I'm Michelle Martin. That's A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:22.2 | President Trump abruptly ended an interview on NBC's Meet the Press after being questioned |
| 0:26.5 | on his anti-weaponization fund and claims that elections are rigged. |
| 0:30.3 | Let's call it quits because I've had it. Thank you, darling. Have a good time. |
| 0:33.5 | Mr. President, let's please. He also defended his handling of the war with Iran before he walked out. |
| 0:38.8 | And the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading at an unprecedented pace. |
| 0:43.5 | Africa's CDC is warning of a regional threat that could rival the worst Ebola outbreak on record. |
| 0:49.4 | Stay with us. |
| 0:50.0 | Got the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:57.1 | Israeli strikes in Lebanon and Iran and Iranian attacks on Israel are threatening to plunge the Middle East back into an all-out war. |
| 1:05.2 | Iran launched rounds of missiles toward Israel, and Israel struck central and western Iran early Monday following an |
| 1:12.1 | Israeli attack on Hezbollah targets in the Lebanese capital. This morning, President Trump |
| 1:16.7 | posted on social media that Israel and Iran must, quote, immediately stop shooting, unquote. |
| 1:22.0 | NPR's Jane Arroft joins us from Beirut. Jane, there was supposed to be a ceasefire. |
| 1:26.4 | And now what we have is a lot of fast-moving |
| 1:28.3 | military developments. Well, Iran now says it's halting further attacks on Israel, saying Israel has, |
| 1:34.4 | quote, learned a lesson. But earlier this morning, siren sounded in Israel after Iran and Yemen's |
| 1:41.2 | Houthi rebels, Iranian allies launched missiles. Iran says it targeted two |
| 1:46.9 | Israeli military bases in retaliation for Israeli strikes on Iranian radar sites. And Israel says it |
| 1:54.7 | hit an Iranian petrochemical plant. In Lebanon, Israel kept up attacks in the South Sunday, including on the southern city of |
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