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5 min readLive from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump says he's not at all concerned about committing possible war crimes as he threatens to destroy Iran's bridges and power plants if they don't reopen the Strait of Hormuz by tomorrow night. "We're giving them till tomorrow, eight o'clock Eastern time. And after that, they're gonna have no bridges. They're gonna have no power plants. Stone ages, yeah." Israel and the U.S. continue to carry out a wave of attacks on Iran, which responded with strikes on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors.
The Artemis II crew has passed the farthest point of their mission and they're on their way back to Earth. The Orion capsule reached that point during a fifty minute period when they were out of contact because radio signals were blocked by the moon. Here's mission specialist and the first woman to travel to the moon, Christina Koch: "The same and it is so great to hear from Earth again. To Asia, Africa and Oceania, we are looking back at you. We hear you can look up and see the moon right now. We see you too." The astronauts passed a critical milestone today reaching farther into space than humans have ever ventured. It's the first mission to send humans to the moon's orbit in more than fifty years.
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- 1 (00:04) **Trump Threatens Iran Over Strait of Hormuz** - President Trump gives Iran a deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to destroy infrastructure and warning of a return to the "Stone Ages."
- 2 (00:46) **Artemis II Crew Reaches Farthest Point** - The Orion capsule passes a critical milestone, traveling farther into space than any humans before, and is now heading back to Earth.
- 3 (01:27) **Men's College Basketball Championship** - Michigan faces Connecticut in the NCAA men's basketball final, with UConn considered an underdog despite recent championships.
- 4 (02:19) **Jamie Dimon Warns of Inflation Risk from Iran War** - JP Morgan Chase CEO warns in his annual shareholder letter that sustained conflict could disrupt energy markets and force the Fed to keep rates higher.
- 5 (03:00) **Pressure Mounts on Ye's London Festival Headline** - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer criticizes the rapper's scheduled appearance, and Pepsi withdraws sponsorship amid controversy over anti-Semitic remarks.
- 6 (03:28) **EPA Reverses Biden-Era Flaring Rules** - The Trump administration extends the time oil companies can burn off natural gas at drilling sites from one day to three or more.
- 7 (04:16) **Fossil Discovery Rewrites Timeline of Complex Life** - Scientists in China find 540-million-year-old fossils showing complex animals living three-dimensionally, challenging the timeline of the Cambrian explosion.
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