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Trump Threatens Iran’s Leader, and Some Gazans Fear Death While Getting Aid

Trump Threatens Iran’s Leader, and Some Gazans Fear Death While Getting Aid

The Headlines
Jun 18, 2025 10 min
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<p>Plus, “America’s Sweethearts” get a raise. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/politics/trump-iran-surrender-khamenei.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Calls for Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ and Threatens Its Supreme Leader</strong></a>, <i>by David E. Sanger</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-aid-sites-violence.html" target="_blank"><strong>‘I’ll Never Try Again’: For Some Gazans, Seeking Aid Is Just Too Risky</strong></a>, <i>by Rawan Sheikh Ahmad and Abu Bakr Bashir</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/world/europe/russia-air-strikes-deaths-kyiv.html" target="_blank"><strong>Russian Drone and Missile Strikes on Kyiv Kill at Least 10</strong></a>, <i>by Constant Méheut</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/world/canada/g7-ukraine-trump-zelensky.html" target="_blank"><strong>As G7 Talks End in Canada, Ukraine Comes Away With Little</strong></a>, <i>by Matina Stevis-Gridneff</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/politics/congress-security-after-minnesota.html" target="_blank"><strong>Members of Congress Press for More Security After Minnesota Attacks</strong></a>, <i>by Megan Mineiro and Michael Gold</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/well/alzheimer-symptoms-reversal-dale-bredesen.html" target="_blank"><strong>An Expensive Alzheimer’s Lifestyle Plan Offers False Hope, Experts Say</strong></a>, <i>by Lindsay Gellman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/style/dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-salary-americas-sweethearts.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Get a 400 Percent Pay Raise</strong></a>, <i>by Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Katie Van Syckle</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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