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Reenactors and world leaders converge this week for World War II commemorations in Normandy, where Ukraine looms large.

Israel launched an airstrike on a U.N.-run school in Gaza as part of a new ground and air operation. A health clinic in Georgia specializes in caring for the uninsured.

The European Union is the world’s second-biggest democracy -- its 27 member states are home to 450 million citizens, and this election is a once-every-five-year event.

In 1923, an Indian American man named Bhagat Singh Thind told the U.S. Supreme Court that he was white, and therefore eligible to become a naturalized citizen. He based his claim on the fact that he was a member of India's highest caste and identified as an Aryan. His claims were supported by the so-called Indo-European language theory, a controversial idea at the time that says nearly half the world's population speak a language that originated in one place. Theories about who lived in that place inspired a racist ideology that contended that the original speakers of the language were a white supreme race that colonized Europe and Asia thousands of years ago. This was used by many to define whiteness and eventually led to one of the most horrific events in history. On this episode of Throughline, we unpack the myths around this powerful idea and explore the politics and promise of the mother tongue.

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A lethal combination of displacement, disease and malnutrition are killing Gaza's children as they wither away without healthcare.

South Africa is in unchartered political territory as the ruling African National Congress look to other parties to try and shore up its majority after a historic loss of votes in last weeks election.

The U.S Agency for International Development says that it will be sending $90 million to aid Palestinians in Gaza. The announcement comes amid growing concerns of famine.

Musicians in Kharkiv, Ukraine refuse to cancel the city's music festival, despite weeks of Russian strikes. And American veterans of the Normandy invasion travel to France to mark the anniversary of D-Day.

President Biden will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France. The presidential primary season is winding down. Lawmakers are campaigning —- even when Congress is in session.