For today, links to reports from National Public Radio and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (IRAN 11-8-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  MEDIA, UKRAINE, WEST BANK, GAZA and LEBANON entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Iranian president warns the capital may have to be evacuated as drought continues. Reported by Jackie Northam | NPR  Iran is suffering its worst drought in decades, brought on by lack of rain, government mismanagement and crumbling infrastructure. The government warns it may have to evacuate its capital, Tehran.  Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM NOV. 12  UN watchdog hasn’t been able to verify Iran’s stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium in months, by Stephanie Liechtenstein | AP  VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency has not been able to verify the status of Iran’s near weapons-grade uranium stockpile since Israel and the United States struck the country’s nuclear sites during the 12-day war in June, according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others in Spanish.

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