This NPR News segment covers a series of global developments, including a fragile Israel-Lebanon ceasefire framework undermined by ongoing military strikes, a heatwave disrupting events and infrastructure in Europe, worsening wildfires in the western U.S., a tech stock sell-off driven by
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