Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett and I'm on the Navas on the news hour tonight.

Millions face record-breaking temperatures as a dangerous heat wave scorches the Midwest and East Coast.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a mutual defense agreement with North Korea's Kim Jong-U,

which could increase weapons supplies for Russia's war in Ukraine.

And on Juneteenth an investigation uncovers new details about America's broken promise to

formerly enslaved people after the Civil War.

It wasn't just a promise that was spoken and then broken.

They lived there for like up to a year and a half before they were kicked off. So.

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Tens of millions of Americans are baking in a dangerous early summer heat wave.

Dozens of cities from the Midwest to New England are expected to reach record highs as the heat

index hits triple digits.

The powerful heat dome is forecast to keep temperatures well above normal across much of

the country through the weekend.

In the meantime, wildfires are raging across the west, fueled by soaring temperatures and

dry conditions.

In New Mexico, two massive blazes forced thousands of evacuations and killed at least one person.

And a major fire north of Los Angeles remained less than 40% contained.

Across the globe, authorities say hundreds died in Saudi Arabia where temperatures

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