Israel-Lebanon Border Escalation, Ukraine Peace Summit, Military Healthcare Deserts

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🗓️ 17 June 2024

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Cross border fighting intensifies between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon as the Israeli military pauses daytime military operations in Southern Gaza's Rafah city. 80 of the 90 countries at a peace summit in Switzerland called on Russia to respect Ukraine's territorial integrity. And, An NPR Ivestigation finds that 50% of US military bases are located in areas where healthcare is hard to find.

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0:00.0	Israel pauses
0:03.0	daytime fighting in Raffa as attacks intensify on the Lebanese border.
0:08.0	Can a wider war with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia be avoided?
0:12.0	I'm Michelle Martin, that's A Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:15.6	Most of the 90 countries at a Swiss summit trying to broker peace in Ukraine supported the final declaration calling
0:24.6	on Russia to withdraw from Ukrainian territories.
0:27.6	We don't have time for prolonged war.
0:31.2	Why did some nations hold out and can anything be achieved without Russian input?
0:35.0	And an NPR investigation finds 50% of American military bases in the US are located in what's known as health care deserts.
0:42.0	That means one in three troops and
0:44.4	their families live in areas where a private medical facility is hard to find.
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