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In the past few years, as street drug makers increasingly cut fentanyl into drugs like cocaine, there’s been a rise in overdoses among people who aren’t addicted to opioids. Nashville, in particular, has seen overdoses rise among tourists. The city has worked to get overdose reversal drugs into downtown bars and music venues. We'll learn what the uptake process was like. Also: a bond market checkup and a pullback in corporate sponsorship at Pride events.
Israel's military say they struck dozens of military targets, including nuclear targets in different areas of Iran.
Iran says the attacks by Israel are a declaration of war and there are warnings of a strong retaliatory response by Iran to the attacks which killed numerous military officials and scientists.
Also in the programme: Investigators in India have found the on-board video recorder from the Air India plane which crashed on Thursday, killing more than 240 people. We'll report from the crash site in Ahmedabad.
(Photo shows smoke rising from a damaged building in the aftermath of Israeli strikes in Tehran, Iran on 13 June 13, 2025. Credit: Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters)
The first group of South African soldiers deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo, arrive back in the country today. South Africa sent around one thousand five hundred troops to the DRC as part of a wider peacekeeping mission. In February, at least fourteen soldiers were killed during heavy clashes with the M23, a group fighting against the national government led by President Felix Tishekedi. At home in South Africa there has been public debate about the need for this deployment. Richard discusses the delayed end of mission amid reports of low morale and poor conditions in DRC with the BBC’s reporter, Nomsa Maseko.
Also, Ghana makes significant progress in reducing child labour
And does FIFA's expanded Club World Cup offer fresh opportunities to Africa's football clubs or not?
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Israel's military says Iran fired about 100 drones towards its territory, many of which were intercepted, in retaliation to Israeli air strikes overnight. Also: an update from the scene of crashed Air India flight AI17.
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American Bitcoin may purchase $320 million of Antminers to expand its fleet, and hedge funds are dumping bitcoin ETFs.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, Matt, and Nick discuss Bitcoin mining's summer slowdown, American Bitcoin's massive 25 EH/s anticipated ramp up, a big week for public miner fundraising, Amazon's $20B Pennsylvania data center investment, institutional ETF flows showing hedge fund exits, and the controversial filter wars dividing Bitcoin's community.
**Notes:**
• Hash rate trading 820-930 EH range lately
• American Bitcoin raising for $320M U3S21EXPH buy
• IREN upsizes convertible note to $500M
• Amazon investing $20B in Pennsylvania
• Hedge fund ETT holdings dropped from 122K to 83K BTC in Q1
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Two Native nations, the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, are suing the federal government over what they say is mismanagement of funds related to Indian Boarding Schools. They claim the U.S. Government is on the hook for $23.3 billion by failing to live up to the Treaty and Trust Responsibility. Meanwhile, boarding school survivor advocates are concerned that years of research and narratives shedding light on the Boarding School Era have vanished from federal government sources. We’ll discuss the importance of these recent updates. We’re continuing to comb through the evolving big package of tax cuts and spending being worked out by Republicans in the Senate. Today, we explore what the effects could be on businesses. Plus, after Israel launched attacks on Iran's nuclear capabilities, open warfare in the region is forcing money to shift on financial markets. And, President Donald Trump is acknowledging the toll immigration raids are having on some industries that rely on immigrant workers.