Israel-Iran war continues for 5th day as residents flee

The World

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News, Lethaldissent

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Israelis and Iranians spent the day today fleeing or hiding from the back-and-forth bombing between their two countries. Also, a member of the Irish rap group Kneecap faces a terrorism-related charge. And, the Louvre museum in Paris closes down as staff members protest working conditions. Plus, Switzerland offers 370,000 bunkers, enough to shelter all 9 million residents for up to two weeks during a national emergency.

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0:00.0	This week on the assignment with me, Audie Cornish.
0:03.9	The push to have bigger families and more babies is part of a movement called pro-natalism.
0:09.6	They are freaking out about declining global fertility rates.
0:13.8	And that is real.
0:14.7	It's a phenomenon called birth-death.
0:17.4	What's behind this push to start a new baby boom?
0:20.8	Who are the voices pushing for a more
0:22.5	pro-family America? And what exactly does that mean? Listen to the assignment with me,
0:28.7	Audie Cornish, streaming now on your favorite podcast app.
0:45.7	Conflict is escalating quickly between Israel and Iran with the longtime leaders of those countries facing pivotal decisions.
0:51.3	He saw the moment that his whole life has been building toward, and he did not want to let it go.
0:55.7	He is perhaps the longest serving dictator in the world. He's had pretty decent survival instincts. I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Marco Wurman, today understanding the
1:01.0	motivations of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Supreme Leader Ali Hameen. Also in France,
1:07.2	museum workers at the Louvre are on strike. It's a combination of feeling mistreated,
1:13.5	not listened to, and poor working conditions. And an Irish rap group faces terror charges. The
1:20.1	artists say that's way overblown. It's ludicrous. The whole thing is ludicrous. It's a witch
1:24.5	ones. All that and more today on the world.
1:31.1	The thing is ludicrous. It's a witch ones. All that and more today on the world. This is the world. I'm Marco Werman. And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Israel and Iran continue to dominate
1:37.1	news headlines across the globe, despite President Trump's call for a real end to the conflict,
1:43.0	attacks and counterattacks show no sign of stopping.
1:46.4	On this, the fifth day of fighting, nations are increasingly lining up to support one side or the other.
1:52.2	The U.S. says it might send Israel 30,000-pound bunker buster bombs and the air power to drop them.
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