Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day.On today's podcast:(1) More than 300,000 people have fled their homes in towns and villages across France and Spain even as wildfires threaten the major cities of Madrid and Bordeaux, and as a new blaze erupted in the Vall d’Uixó region in Spain’s east.(2) The US paused an almost two-week run of strikes against Iran for a second night while the Islamic Republic signaled it was refraining from any retaliatory attacks and held talks with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz.(3) ⁠⁠Oil sank as the US and Iran paused strikes, easing tensions in the five-month-old conflict, even as the Houthis claimed attacks against Saudi targets and ship-tracking suggested flows remained constrained.(4) The suspect in Saturday’s deadly van attack on Berlin’s LGBTQ pride event was shot dead early Sunday evening in a police operation in the German capital, city officials said.(5) CXMT’s shares opened 472% higher in their Shanghai debut on Monday, making the memory chipmaker China’s largest onshore-listed company as investors flock to beneficiaries of the AI boom.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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