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Mid press-scrum on the Ukraine-Russia peace talks today, about an hour after I found out I’d been laid off due to budget cuts at WGBH and The World. We’re living through interesting times. Will miss covering it with some of the best people I’ve ever met.

🚨BREAKING: US officials have been told Israel is fully ready to launch an operation into Iran. This is part of the reason the US advised some Americans to leave region. US anticipates Iran could retaliate on certain US sites in Iraq. Witkoff is still planning to meet with Iran

Update: Ali Shamkhani has been killed. Iranian officials view this as Israel targeting and killing nuclear diplomacy with the US, they tell me.

An hour after Trump told Fox's Bret Baier US wld still participate in negotiations, Iran State TV: Iran will not participate in nuclear negotiations on Sunday and until further notice. Hard to participate when Israel kills Shamkhani the man spearheading the nuke talks committee

Journalists semrapelek, Dicle Baştürk, Ozan Cırık and Melisa Efe were detained in house raids this morning. Reason of detention is still not known. All these people would go to a police station themselves to give statement if they were summoned. And also: #JournalismIsNotACrime

Statement from Turkish MFA: "The timing of the strikes... clearly indicates that the Netanyahu government is unwilling to resolve any issue through diplomatic means and does not hesitate to risk regional stability and global peace for its own interests."

We actually have lots of literature about evacuating cities. Under the given condition (non-mandatory order, non-specific threat). You're unlikely to get more than 50% of the population out within a week, and about 30-40% of those left will be stuck in one way or another.

A very basic, very crucial point here. hamiltonnolan.com/p/nations-are-…

IDF soldiers in Gaza are being ordered by their commanders to shoot at crowds of Palestinian aid seekers, even when it is clear they pose no threat, Haaretz.com reports. "It's a killing field," one soldier said. "Our form of communication is gunfire." haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

At least 35 people detained during #Pride2025 in Istanbul including journalists covering the banned event for bianet and Özgür Gelecek. #PRIDEMONTH #PressFreedom

Good morning from Istanbul. Big fires in Turkey's south have prompted evacuations: reuters.com/business/envir… Satellite data screenshot from Copernicus fire locator this morning

We're on NPR's State of The World podcast today; talking about Iran's postwar crackdown on dissent. My colleague who made this possible can't be named for their safety, but they're doing an incredible job sharing the voices of people in Iran right now. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-c…

Historic moment for Turkish tennis 🇹🇷 World No.88 Zeynep Sonmez is the first player from Turkey to reach the third round in singles at a Grand Slam in the Open Era! #Wimbledon

NEW: Turkish government policies that are clearing the way for mining, tourism and unchecked development are also fueling unprecedented forest fires in the country, show Sofia Cherici and Aylin Elçi in this New Lines Magazine investigation. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

Forest fires in southern Turkey continue, despite a week of firefighting efforts: Four missing, and two confirmed deaths including an excavator operator fighting the fires and an 81-year-old who died from smoke inhalation, Medyascope reports: medyascope.tv/2025/07/03/izm…

Seven more Turkish soldiers have died from methane gas poisoning following a cave search operation in northern Iraq, Turkey's Defense Ministry said Monday, bringing the death toll to 12. cbsn.ws/3GublXr