Khalil release granted, Geneva talks end, ‘Jaws’ 50th anniversary & more

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🗓️ 20 June 2025

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A federal judge ordered the release of the pro-Palestinian activist at the center of a deportation fight. We have key takeaways from diplomacy talks over the Israel-Iran conflict. Brutal heat expands over the US in the coming days. Pope Leo gave a message to tech executives about artificial intelligence. Plus, we'll tell you how a classic summer blockbuster has changed our perception of sharks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.3	A federal judge has ordered the release of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. He's been held in a Louisiana ICE detention center more than three months since being arrested outside his Columbia University apartment.
0:50.3	CNN spoke to his attorney Bahar Azmi, who said Khalil is, quote, elated and spoke more about the judge's ruling.
0:58.5	He's basically said that the foreign policy charges, namely that Mahmoud and other student activists are threats to U.S.
1:08.2	foreign policy simply because of their constitutionally protected speech.
1:12.1	The judge said that's presumptively unconstitutional.
1:15.9	The government manufactured several other kind of post hoc pretextual charges,
1:21.6	baseless charges that he made, you know, tiny misrepresentations on his green card application. Those are still pending, but, and we'll have to litigate those.
1:31.3	Talks for diplomacy in the Israel-Iran conflict wrapped up in Geneva, Switzerland today.
1:37.3	An Iranian source says they started off, quote, very intense, but became, quote, much more positive.
1:43.3	Iranian state media says negotiations lasted nearly three and a half hours.
1:49.0	Here's Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Arachi.
1:51.0	Iran is ready to consider diplomacy once again, and once aggression is stopped and
1:57.0	the aggressor is held accountable for the crimes committee. In this regard, I made it clear that Iran's defense capabilities are not negotiable.
2:06.6	Top diplomats from the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and the European Union called for a
2:11.6	quote, negotiated solution to ensure Iran never obtains or acquires a nuclear weapon,
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