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Russia strikes Ukrainian infrastructure; displaced Lebanese journey home, and more
Ep. 20241129
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Ukraine’s electricity operator cut power to more than 1m homes, many of them in the western region of Lviv, after Russia launched strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure.
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Iranians begin funeral procession for Khamenei; China’s missile launch sparks backlash, and more
10:27|Huge crowds of mourners gathered in Tehran ahead of the main funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Also, China’s navy said it fired a ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean as part of “routine” training.20260706. Iran’s supreme leader absent from his father’s funeral; America’s birthday celebrations, and more
03:10||Ep. 20260706Iran’s president said the mourning for Ali Khamenei was a testament to the former supreme leader’s “greatness, dignity and strength”.Iran’s supreme leader absent from his father’s funeral; America’s birthday celebrations, and more
08:58|Iran’s president said the mourning for Ali Khamenei was a testament to the former supreme leader’s “greatness, dignity and strength”; Donald Trump addressed crowds on the National Mall in Washington to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.President Trump’s birthday address; Khamenei’s funeral “strength”, and more
12:21|Donald Trump addressed crowds on the National Mall in Washington to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. Iran’s president said the mourning in Iran for Ali Khamenei was a testament to the former supreme leader’s “greatness, dignity and strength”.20260705. China beefs up its top brass; Khamenei’s funeral begins, and more
03:31||Ep. 20260705Ukraine’s armed forces struck oil facilities in St Petersburg early on Saturday, in a long-range drone attackChina beefs up its top brass; Khamenei’s funeral begins in Tehran, and more
10:19|Ukraine’s armed forces struck oil facilities in St Petersburg early on Saturday, in a long-range drone attackKhamenei’s funeral begins in Tehran; China beefs up its top brass, and more
13:45|Mourners gathered in Tehran as the funeral ceremonies began for Ali Khamenei, Iran’s former supreme leader who was killed in February; China’s leader, Xi Jinping, promoted two senior officers to general, the highest rank in the country’s armed forces.20260704. Clinical trial begins for Ebola treatment; Khamenei’s body lies in state, and more
04:00||Ep. 20260704China’s leader, Xi Jinping, promoted two senior officers to general, the highest rank in the country’s armed forcesKhamenei’s body lies in state; clinical trial begins for Ebola treatment, and more
13:23|Iranian and foreign officials visited the body of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s former Supreme Leader who was killed in February, as he lay in state in Tehran; A clinical trial began for possible treatments for the strain of Ebola behind a recent outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.