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Thai cave rescue continues, vaccination in Italy, over-turning Supreme Court decisions

The WorldJuly 9, 2018
An ambulance is seen Tham Luang cave complex, where schoolboys are trapped in a flooded cave, July 9, 2018.

An ambulance is seen Tham Luang cave complex, where schoolboys are trapped in a flooded cave, July 9, 2018.

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In this episode:

Thai cave rescue continues
This mother and daughter have been reunited, but there is still much of their life they need to put back together
How balloons gave a blind South Korean artist his life back
US disrupts breastfeeding resolution
Italy vaccinations
Trump baby balloon
Overturning Supreme Court decisions
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