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Welcome to the P.D.B. afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

Let's get briefed.

Israel is making rapid progress in the development of their next generation directed energy weapon,

dubbed the Iron Beam, which they recently used to shoot down an enemy rocket fired by Hamas.

We'll also look at an unfolding migrant crisis along Finland's border with Russia,

which prompted officials in Finland to close all but one border crossing much to the

ire of the Putin regime.

But first, our afternoon spotlight.

Earlier today we examined the rise of killer robots, AI-driven drones that autonomously

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