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June 6, 2024 9 mins

Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Vivian Wang discuss North Korea's recent launches of trash-filled balloons into South Korea, plus more on U.S. military training in the Pacific, Israel’s Benny Gantz threatening to leave the war cabinet, elections by Syrian Kurdish groups and a G7 summit in Italy.

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This episode was produced with work from Factal editors Vivian Wang, Joe Veyera, Owen Bonertz, Ahmed Namatalla and Agnese Boffano. Produced and edited by Jimmy Lovaas. Music courtesy of Andrew Gospe.

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