# Israel-Iran-Lebanon Escalation, Trump Walks Out Of Interview, Ebola Outbreak In DRC Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/israel-iran-lebanon-escalation-trump-walks-out-of-interview-ebola-outbreak-in-drc Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/israel-iran-lebanon-escalation-trump-walks-out-of-interview-ebola-outbreak-in-drc.md Podcast: [Up First from NPR](https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123) Published: 2026-06-08T10:21:44+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/israel-iran-lebanon-escalation-trump-walks-out-of-interview-ebola-outbreak-in-drc--72415863 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72415863/default.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-first-from-npr-7816123/episodes/israel-iran-lebanon-escalation-trump-walks-out-of-interview-ebola-outbreak-in-drc Duration seconds: 750 ## Resource Israel and Iran trade direct strikes following an Israeli attack on Beirut's southern suburbs that defied a U.S. request to stand down, further complicating U.S. efforts to reach a deal with Iran. President Trump abruptly walked out of an interview on Meet the Press after being pressed on his anti-weaponization fund and his repeated false claims that the 2020 election and last week's California primaries were rigged. And the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading at an unprecedented pace, with Africa's CDC warning it could rival the worst outbreak on record. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Tina Kraja, Dana Farrington, Miguel Macias, Mohamad ElBardicy, and John Stolnis. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas. Our director is Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Zo van Ginhoven . Our technical director is Carleigh Strange. (0:00) Introduction (01:57) Israel-Iran-Lebanon Escalation (05:25) Trump Walks Out Of Interview (09:04) Ebola Outbreak In DRC See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy πŸ”— ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: πŸ“© Get the full transcript and daily news alerts: πŸ‘‰ https://goo.su/rXoU5U8 πŸ‘ˆ πŸ“Œ Support the show by visiting our sponsors and partners. 🎧 New episodes every morning at 6 AM ET. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-first-from-npr-7816123/episodes/israel-iran-lebanon-escalation-trump-walks-out-of-interview-ebola-outbreak-in-drc/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/israel-iran-lebanon-escalation-trump-walks-out-of-interview-ebola-outbreak-in-drc.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.