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As another web hosting company removed a white nationalist site from its servers, debate swirled about how best to deal with websites that promote violence while not infringing on the rights of others whose content that may be controversial, but still deserving of free speech protections.  And is taking the sites down even effective?

While experts declined to predict exactly what the outcome of the U.S. exit from the Iran nuclear deal will be, there was a consensus that the move will ratchet up tensions in the Middle East.  And Israel, which encouraged President Trump to pull the U.S. out of the accord, could bear the brunt of some of the repercussions.

VOA contributor Greta Van Susteren also tackled the Iran deal on today’s episode of Plugged In.  Among the topics she and her guests considered was what impact the restored U.S. sanctions will have on Iranian citizens.

Need a refresher on how the Iran nuclear agreement came to be?  Our interactive timeline takes you from Iran being called part of the “axis of evil” to President Trump’s decision to leave the “decaying and rotten structure” of the nuclear agreement.

Superheroes, villains, or robots on Hollywood Boulevard — impersonators are everywhere. These characters, who will let you take a selfie with them for a tip, are part of the Hollywood entertainment industry. Among them is the wife of a Nigerian chief who dresses up like Storm from the X-Men comic as she chases her American dream. 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left North Korea this morning with three U.S. citizens who had been imprisoned by the Kim Jong Un regime.  Who are they, why were they in North Korea, and what were they accused of?  Let VOA give you the details.