Khamanei burial, Erdogan’s gun gifts, Meta’s AI chip and drone deliveries
7/10/202613 min
Iran hits U.S. military targets in the Gulf as it buries its slain leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei. NATO leaders leave Turkey armed – literally – after President Tayyip Erdogan hands out vintage revolvers. President Donald Trump says Russian President Vladimir Putin wants peace, but three Kremlin sources say he’s getting ready to escalate. Meta will start making its own AI chip to undercut OpenAI and Anthropic. A proposed FAA rule could supercharge the U.S. drone delivery industry. And Germany tops more than 5,000 heat-related deaths this year as a wildfire tears through southern Spain. Listen to the Morning Bid podcast here.
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First 90 secondsKim Vinnell· Host0:00
Hi, I'm Kim Vennell in Wanganui, New Zealand. It's Friday, July 10th. Today, [gentle music] Iran attacks US military sites in the Gulf as it buries its slain supreme leader. Turkey's Erdogan sends NATO leaders home with a loaded gift. Hint, it's a gun. Meta tries to take on OpenAI and Anthropic by making its own AI chips. And a change in flight rules could see US drone deliveries take off. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week.
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Kim Vinnell· Host0:59
[gentle music] We begin in Iran, where tit-for-tat strikes with the US show no sign of slowing down. Tehran has launched attacks on US military targets in Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, and Iranian media later reported explosions across the country's south, including in Bushir, where one of Iran's nuclear plants is located. It comes as Iran ends a week