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It's 10 p.m. on Monday, June 16th, here in Washington, D.C.

It's 5 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, June 17th in Israel, as Israelis get ready to start a new day,

even though many have been up for much of the night.

News has been rushing in over the past few days, and one of our regular listeners, shout out here to Idan Kohn, suggested that

we help our listeners separate signal from noise by providing quick news updates, basically just the

most important things you need to know. So we're going to try and add these quick news

roundups in addition to our regular episodes. And we'll just do them wherever I am. Right now,

I'm in a car in Washington, D.C. But here's what we know so far. In a major development over the

past few hours, President Trump announced an evacuation warning for residents of Tehran, saying, quote,

Iran should have signed the deal. Simply stated, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Everyone should

immediately evacuate Tehran, close quote. The president also departed the G7 meeting in Canada early, a day early, headed back to the

White House. According to reporters, this is due to the Israel-Iran war. Members of the National

Security Council have been told to be on standby. As we speak, a third barrage of Iranian

missiles was headed towards Israel, this time, though, smaller than previous strikes. Last night, a third barrage of Iranian missiles was headed towards Israel, this time,

though, smaller than previous strikes.

Last night, a total of eight people were killed by the strikes, with almost 300 wounded.

Of the casualties, four were in Petach Tikva, three in Haifa, and one in Ben-Brock.

This brings the total number of civilian casualties from Iranian missile attacks to 24 since Israel launched its preemptive strike on Iran last Friday morning.

The destruction to Israeli property has also been, by some counts, staggering.

Hundreds of buildings have been severely damaged, leaving countless

homes destroyed, and families seeking shelter. Meanwhile, in Iran, the Israeli Air Force has continued

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