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June 14, 2024
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Mark Sappenfield
Senior global correspondent

When you’re used to getting your way, what happens when people start pushing back? That’s what’s going on in Iran and India, and we examine that dynamic in two stories in today’s Daily. 

The situations are different. Yet they show that when the people are given any political voice at all, dissatisfaction with autocratic ways usually comes to the surface before too long.


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The largest free-flying U.S. flag in the world hangs from the western span of the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York City, on the nation’s annual Flag Day, June 14.
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A look ahead

Thank you for joining us this week. We’ll start next week with the touching story of how the Ukrainian city of Donetsk – once known as the city of a million roses – is now at the center of war. But in modest private gardens, town parks, gas stations, and highway median strips, roses there today have come to symbolize hope and perseverance. 

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