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On the Planet Money Podcast, the economic world we've been living in for decades was built on some basic assumptions. But the people who built that world are long gone. And right now, those assumptions are kind of up in the air. Like the dollar as the reserve currency. Is that era over? If so, what could replace it? And what does that mean for the rest of us? Listen to the Planet Money Podcast from NPR wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, on Corva Coleman, President Trump abruptly left a G7 summit in Canada, a day ahead of schedule. He's now back in Washington.

Trump says he returned to focus on the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. Yesterday, Trump posted an online warning to Iranians to evacuate their own capital. And Piers Hadil Al-Shilchi reports. On his social media platform, Truth Social, President Trump posted yesterday, quote, everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran. The mood in Tehran is tense. Fuel lines are long and the roads out of the city are bumper to bumper. NPR reached a woman named Baran in Tehran.

She asked to only use her first name because the situation in Iran is sensitive right now. She said she and her family tried to leave Tehran yesterday but had to turn around. She says they were unable to fill up their tank. People waited at gas stations for up to four hours. On Monday, the Israeli military attacked the studio complex of Iran's state news channel. Hadil Alshalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv. As Trump returned to Washington, French President Emmanuel Macron had said that Trump would return to work on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

But Trump refuted that. He said he was not working on a ceasefire. He said he was working on something bigger than a ceasefire. Before he left, President Trump and other G7 leaders in Canada signed a joint statement on the conflict between Israel and Iran, and Piers-Daniel Kurtz-Levin has more. The statement says that, quote, Israel has a right to defend itself and goes on to call Iran the principal source of regional instability and terror. The leaders agree in the statement

that Iran, quote, can never have a nuclear weapon. We urge that the resolution of the Iranian crisis leads to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza, the leader said in the statement. The leaders had been trying to craft a statement on the crisis throughout Monday, but it had been unclear that Trump would be willing to sign on. The G7 is seen as a place for advanced economies to coordinate and lead on global problems. Trump, however, often criticizes this type of multi-country organization. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, Calgary.

Officials in West Virginia now say six people have died from last weekend's flash flooding and another body has been discovered. Two people are still missing. NPR's Giles Snyder tells us West Virginia's governor says the storms in the state have been catastrophic. West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey calls the flooding mother nature at its worst. Heavy rain Sunday led to the partial collapse of an apartment building in Fairmont and damaged roads and bridges. No one was killed there but about an hour and a half away in the Wheeling area in the state's northern panhandle. Authorities have identified six victims. Crews are going door to door and searching cars caught up

in floodwaters. NPR's Giles Snyder reporting. On Wall Street in pre-market trading, Dow futures are down 260 points. This is NPR. The company that makes the painkiller Oxycontin has reached a huge settlement with all 50 states, the District of Columbia and US territories. Purdue Pharma will pay nearly seven and a half billion dollars in a bankruptcy settlement. The deal is different than the one overturned last year by the US Supreme Court. A press advocacy group in Southern California is suing Los Angeles and the city's police

chief over allegations of excessive force against journalists. This involves recent protests against federal immigration raids. NPR's David Falkenflick reports the L.A. Press Club claims law enforcement officials have violated press rights dozens of times. Being a journalist in Los Angeles is now a dangerous profession. That's how the lawsuit filed by the LA Press Club and the investigative site Status Coup started. Many of the incidents were captured on video, some of them streaming or beaming live at the time.

Police firing so-called less lethal bullets tipped with rubber at relatively close range toward journalists. Police detaining reporters with their hands behind their backs and leading them away, or firing tear gas canisters and flash grenades toward them. The suit alleges violation of the U.S. and California constitutions, along with recently strengthened state laws protecting press rights. City and LAPD officials have not yet responded to the suit. David Folkenflick, NPR News. Voters in Virginia hold their primary election today. The gubernatorial candidates for both major parties have already been set as they're unopposed

in their primaries. That's Republican Winsome Earl Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger. Other main races are for Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General. This is NPR.