Today:

Iran threatens retaliation following the U.S. strikes on its nuclear sites over the weekend. For more on this, in our More Than A Minute feature, French political analyst Pierre Haski looks at how the U.S. intervention in Iran has strengthened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position;
a suicide bombing at a Damascus church kills 22;
Spain reaches a defense spending deal with NATO ahead of the alliance’s annual summit;
and our daily quiz question is about a world record set in Thailand.

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