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--:-- John Bickley: I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Wednesday, June 19th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- John Bickley: Russia and North Korea have signed a new mutual aid agreement, pledging support if either nation is attacked. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce outlines the agreement.
--:-- Tim Pierce: This defense partnership was agreed to Wednesday at an in-person meeting between Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong-un.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The pact signals a major strengthening of their relationship and goes beyond security to include trade and cultural exchanges.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The summit follows accusations from the U.S. that North Korea is supplying Russia with weapons and missiles for its war in Ukraine, a claim both countries deny.
--:-- John Bickley: Iran is significantly boosting its uranium enrichment capacity. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has more.
--:-- Zach Jewell: Iran's largest underground nuclear facility is tripling its production potential. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that nearly 1 advanced centrifuges will be installed, escalating concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions and capabilities.
--:-- Zach Jewell: The Biden administration has warned that the enrichment capacity has no credible, peaceful purpose, but Iran claims it has no plans to build nuclear weapons.
--:-- Zach Jewell: The expansion marks a major shift, which enables the country to quickly produce a nuclear arsenal.
--:-- John Bickley: The public outcry continues over the murder of Rachel Morin, a Maryland mother of five for which an illegal immigrant was arrested this week.
--:-- John Bickley: Americans are demanding answers from the Biden administration. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was pressed on the horrific murder on CNN Tuesday.
--:-- [Audio clip of CNN interview]
--:-- Alejandro Mayorkas: What do you say to critics who blame the administration for allowing something like this to happen?
--:-- Alejandro Mayorkas: Obviously, this is something that you hear in right-wing media all the time.
--:-- Alejandro Mayorkas: Jim, first and foremost, of course, our hearts break for the children, the family, the loved ones, the friends of the individual who was murdered, the woman, the mother.
--:-- Alejandro Mayorkas: Jim, a criminal is responsible for the criminal act. The criminal who committed this heinous act should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law and forcefully so.
--:-- John Bickley: That is my response.
--:-- John Bickley: Another merchant ship has sunk at the hands of the Houthis as the U moves to secure the Red Sea region.
--:-- John Bickley: The Iranian group is believed to be responsible for the death of one mariner on board the bulk carrier, just the latest escalation in the important maritime corridor.
--:-- John Bickley: The conflict comes despite the United States' months-long efforts to secure the region amid near-daily attacks and some of the most contentious maritime fighting since World War II.
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--:-- John Bickley: A heat wave is forecast to hit the eastern U.S., and experts are predicting record-breaking temperatures. Daily Wire reporter Mairead Alordi has more.
--:-- Mairead Alordi: The so-called heat dome is bearing down on the northeastern states and is expected to linger into the weekend.
--:-- Mairead Alordi: Dr. Rob Danoff of Jefferson Health in Philadelphia worries the heat spike can be dangerous even to people who consider themselves healthy.
--:-- Mairead Alordi: In our area, we have a double whammy. The reason being is because it's high heat, but it's also humid.
--:-- Mairead Alordi: And when it's heat combined with humidity, it makes it harder for our bodies to sweat and then harder for us to evaporate heat.
--:-- Mairead Alordi: And we're more prone to heat illness.
--:-- Mairead Alordi: Listen to your body. You know, you may start to feel lightheaded.
--:-- Mairead Alordi: You might have a low-grade headache. Your muscles may start to cramp.
--:-- Mairead Alordi: And you might get a little bit nauseous. If you have any of that stuff, especially in this weather, get inside.
--:-- Mairead Alordi: Try to cool yourself. The extreme temperatures will range from 90 to 100 degrees in some areas and with humidity could feel as hot as 110.
--:-- Mairead Alordi: The heat advisory will affect over 70 million people.
--:-- John Bickley: Meanwhile, wildfires are burning in the West Coast, and another tropical storm is brewing off the coast of Texas.
--:-- John Bickley: Chipmaker NVIDIA has become the most valuable company in the U.S. Daily Wire senior editor Kabat Phillips has the details.
--:-- Kabat Phillips: Chipmaker NVIDIA assumed the title of most valuable company on Earth Tuesday after a meteoric rise this year.
--:-- Kabat Phillips: At the close of trading yesterday, the chipmaker reached a valuation of $3.34 trillion, just edging out Microsoft and Apple, the only other companies to have crossed the $3 trillion threshold.
--:-- Kabat Phillips: NVIDIA's value is driven by soaring demand for its high-end chips and processors, which are used in artificial intelligence.
--:-- John Bickley: And anti-fossil fuel activists vandalized one of the most revered archaeological sites in the world on Wednesday.
--:-- John Bickley: Daily Wire senior editor Joel Needler reports.
--:-- Joel Needler: Video shows the Just Stop oil activists spraying several of the massive stones of England's iconic Stonehenge structure with orange paint powder before bystanders intervene.
--:-- Joel Needler: The activists said they targeted the ancient site to push their effort to have lawmakers, quote, sign up to a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030.
--:-- Joel Needler: Wiltshire police say that two people have been arrested, quote, on suspicion of damaging the ancient monument, while the British prime minister called the vandalism a disgrace.
--:-- John Bickley: All right, those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.
--:-- John Bickley: And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
--:-- John Bickley: This has been your Morning Wire afternoon update.
