This NPR news broadcast covers escalating regional tensions following Iran's drone and missile attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes, ongoing conflict in Lebanon amid a fragile ceasefire framework, progressive Democratic gains in recent primaries backed by New Y
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