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6/20/2025, 3:56:50 PM

British lawmakers voted Friday to legalize assisted dying — a final step in the House of Commons that means the practice will almost certainly be permitted in England and Wales in the coming years, marking a pivotal societal change. Lawmakers voted 314 to 291 for legalization following an impassioned, four-hour debate. Modeled on a law in Oregon, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will allow terminally ill people to choose to die. Those with less than six months to live will be permitted to seek lethal medication from the National Health Service, subject to approval of two doctors and a panel of experts. Read more: https://wapo.st/45Q6udB

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6/20/2025, 1:58:00 PM

After President Donald Trump said there is a “substantial chance of negotiations” with Iran — and that he will wait up to two weeks to decide whether to attack the country’s nuclear program — a group of European foreign ministers will convene Friday with their Iranian counterpart in Geneva for a meeting that is being coordinated with Washington. Follow for live updates here: https://wapo.st/44aKJCL

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6/20/2025, 12:56:59 PM

As the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants and asylum seekers brings tear gas, protests and raids to the streets of the United States, Spain is positioning itself as a counterpoint: a new land of opportunity. In this nation of 48 million with long colonial links to the New World, an influx of predominantly Latin American immigrants is helping fuel one of the fastest-growing economies in Europe. Read more: https://wapo.st/3T2QNYN

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6/20/2025, 11:49:16 AM

Key European foreign ministers will hold talks with their Iranian counterpart in Geneva on Friday in a bid to carve out a diplomatic path that can de-escalate the war between Israel and Iran before President Donald Trump decides whether the United States will bomb Iranian nuclear sites. European leaders have been thrown off balance by Trump, who initially rejected U.S. involvement in Israel’s attack only to warn days later that he may join the Israeli military campaign, which has spiraled into a prolonged and deadly tit-for-tat with mounting civilian casualties and a risk of inflaming the region. Read more: https://wapo.st/4kPxMFt

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6/20/2025, 10:55:43 AM

Over the past week, Israel has pummeled Iran with airstrikes and Iran has sent barrages of ballistic missiles and drones toward Israel. At least 24 people in Israel and 224 people in Iran have been killed in attacks since June 13, their governments have reported. Israel’s sophisticated air defense system has in the past fended off attacks from Gaza, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Iran. Still, Iranian missiles have tested the multilayered network, and some projectiles have made impact. Here’s what to know about Israel’s air defense system: https://wapo.st/43RxQhR

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6/16/2025, 4:32:06 PM

An explosion tore through an Iranian state television studio during a live broadcast, sending a female anchor hurrying for cover as smoke billowed and debris fell through the frame, in footage of the moment shared widely on social media. “That you heard, is the sound of the aggressor against the soil of the homeland, the sound of the aggressor against the sound of truth and right,” she says, just as the explosion hits, rattling the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting studio. Read more: https://wapo.st/4n2laft

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6/16/2025, 6:50:12 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he would not rule out targeting Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel was “doing what we need to do,” Netanyahu said during an appearance on ABC News, and killing Khamenei would not “escalate the conflict” but “end it.” He was responding to a question about reports by some news outlets that President Donald Trump had vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Khamenei. Read more:https://wapo.st/43JAR3M

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6/16/2025, 2:25:11 PM

The Israeli military on Monday issued its first evacuation warning for Iran’s capital, urging people in a social media post to immediately leave a northeastern district of Tehran ahead of planned attacks on “military infrastructure” in the “coming hours.” The warning came as Israel and Iran exchanged bloody strikes for a fourth day. Follow our live coverage here: https://wapo.st/4leitpL

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6/16/2025, 7:34:01 PM

As Iran’s president gathered his cabinet on Sunday afternoon to praise the armed forces for their performance, Tehran residents were filling their social media feeds with pictures and videos of fresh Israeli airstrikes that had destroyed buildings. It was a dramatic split-screen moment, demonstrating how Iran’s government has tried to portray strength since Israel began its attack on the country Friday morning even as a terrified population has decried the absence of adequate safety instructions and evacuation orders. Read more: https://wapo.st/3FWU6Od

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6/16/2025, 1:44:05 PM

Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service will be led by a woman for the first time in the agency’s history after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Sunday that he had selected a career spy with extensive experience in technology and Middle East operations to lead the storied MI6. Blaise Metreweli takes over at a time of deepening international crises — with Israel and Iran suddenly at war, the conflict in Ukraine grinding into its fourth year and Russia accused of sabotage attacks across Europe amid doubts about the transatlantic partnership with the United States. Read more: https://wapo.st/3ZzccfN