The Guardian looks at how Trump’s goal to deport 1 million people in his first year in office stands, six months into his term. The paper’s Will Craft has the details. There has been n a spike in executions in the U.S. After being a witness to some and getting to know death-row inmates, The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig speaks to In Conversation, and argues that the death penalty should be abolished. Matthew Dalton with the Wall Street Journal describes how extreme heat is causing European attitudes on air conditioning to shift. Plus, France will become the first G7 country to recognize the Palestinian state as starvation looms in Gaza, why the Trump administration decided to incinerate millions of contraceptives destined for poorer countries, and how sharks detect hurricanes. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

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