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southwest this month are the result of climate change.

World Weather Attribution studies the causes of extreme weather and says this month's heat wave would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.

I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.

For much of the world, normal is gone.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm.

Iran's state news agency is reporting that the U.S.

and Israel have begun striking its Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in the central part of the country.

The U.K.

has accused Iran of recklessly lashing out after two ballistic missiles were fired at an important base used by British and American forces in the Indian Ocean.

The missiles failed to reach Diego Garcia, the island's about 2,500 miles from Iran.

John McDonnell is a member of Parliament for the British Labour Party.

He's concerned the violence will escalate.

He spoke to the BBC.

With oil shipments blocked at the Strait of Hormuz,

gas prices are likely headed for $4 a gallon in the coming days.

Already, they're up a dollar from just a month ago, before the U.S.

and Israel attacked Iran.

NPR's Amy Held has more.

Amy Held, NPR News.

Nearly two months of virtual learning ended just this week for students in St.