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News Wrap: Vance backs Orbán in visit ahead of election

Season 2026 Episode 73 | 5m 32s

In our news wrap Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance visited Hungary to back Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s reelection bid, an American journalist kidnapped in Iraq was reportedly released, officials in Turkey say gunmen attacked a building that houses the Israeli consulate and the British government is blocking Kanye West from entering the UK, citing his history of antisemitic statements.

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