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The episode covers several urgent geopolitical and scientific developments, with a focus on escalating U.S.-Iran tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, potential war crimes implications, and Iran’s civilian defense mobilization. It also reports on the return of the Artemis II lunar missio

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