Show Notes
• President Obama is about to hand over control of the Internet to an international agency. Critics say this could restrict online freedom of speech thanks to meddling by authoritarian governments.
• Developments in the tragic war in Syria—Russia is launching airstrikes against Syrian targets from a base In iran—and China has announced it will provide training and humanitarian assistance to … the Assad regime.
• A think tank is warning that America’s nuclear weapons based in Turkey are vulnerable to capture by “terrorists and other hostile forces.”
• Milwaukee exploded in race riots after a black police officer shot a black man who was threatening him with a stolen gun.
• We’ll also talk about fires in California and floods in Louisiana—France banning the burkini—Germany breaking yet another taboo in using its military—China turning miles of coastal swampland into an industrial hub—and a synagogue that archaeologists uncovered in the Israeli town of Galilee.