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  • US-Iran Strikes Test Talks, Venezuela Quake Search & Rescue, Trump's Immigration Wins

    US-Iran Strikes Test Talks, Venezuela Quake Search & Rescue, Trump's Immigration Wins
    Jun 29 2026
    The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is barely holding after a weekend of strikes, with the U.S. hitting Iran and Iran firing back at American bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, though talks are still set to resume and Israel and Lebanon have reached a deal of their own.
    Search and rescue efforts continue across Venezuela five days after two powerful earthquakes, with the death toll approaching 1,500 and thousands still missing as families dig through rubble themselves.
    And President Trump's immigration agenda just got a boost from the Supreme Court, with hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians now told to find new legal status or leave the country, even as a bigger ruling on birthright citizenship is still to come.

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    Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Tina Kraja, Miguel Macias, Tara Neill, Dana Farrington, Mohamad ElBardicy and Adam Bearne.

    It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas.

    Our director is Christopher Thomas.

    We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott and our technical director is Zac Coleman.

    (0:00) Introduction
    (01:58) US-Iran Strikes Test Talks
    (05:36) Venezuela Quake Search & Rescue
    (09:24) Trump's Immigration Wins

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    14 mins
  • The secret life of a stolen Van Gogh

    The secret life of a stolen Van Gogh
    Jun 28 2026
    What happens to famous works of art when they are stolen from museums and private art collections? In the Netherlands, museums and collectors reach out to Arthur Brand, a self-styled art detective who works to track down art that has gone missing and fallen into the criminal underworld.

    This week on The Sunday Story, when a famous Van Gogh painting is stolen from a museum, Brand teams up with an unlikely partner – art thief Octave Durham. Together, the pair work to rescue a masterpiece from the underground market and return it to its museum home.


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    31 mins
  • Search and Rescue in Venezuela, Election Security, Free Childcare

    Search and Rescue in Venezuela, Election Security, Free Childcare
    Jun 27 2026
    Three days after twin earthquakes hit Venezuela, rescue teams race against time, President Trump's interest in overhauling elections is not shared by all of his Republican colleagues on Capitol Hill, and New Mexico tries to provide free childcare for all residents.

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    15 mins
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