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The first face-to-face negotiations in more than 10 years between the United States and
“Iran are underway in Islamabad, Pakistan, as leaders from that nation try to bring an”
end to the U.S. who's really war against Iran. Vice President JD Vance is leading the American delegation. He is joined by negotiators Steve Whitkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. President Gattas is a former BBC journalist and a Middle East expert. She's a visiting professor at Dartmouth College.
She was asked if Iran is overplaying its hand in these talks. They feel that they have survived the last six, seven weeks of war. They may feel more triumphant than they actually are, and they may certainly overplay their hand. I do think that the facade they're putting up and the bravado that their signaling hides deep
concerns about their own hold on power. NPR's law and frayer reports talks are planned for next week to discuss another front in the Middle East war that is ongoing in Lebanon. Lebanon's President Joseph Owens as a Lebanese ambassador in Washington had a phone call
“Friday with the Israeli ambassador there.”
It's the first official contact between the two countries since 1983.
They consider each other enemy states, anyone who's ever set foot in Israel is technically not allowed to enter Lebanon. Owens says there will be face-to-face talks Tuesday at the State Department, focusing on a ceasefire. President Trump says he asked Israel to scale back its invasion of Lebanon, which is aimed
at stopping his bullet from firing into Israel. Israeli air strikes are still hitting villages across the country's south, but have not hit Beirut Southern suburbs where his bowler has offices since Wednesday. And more than 350 people were killed in Israeli attacks according to Lebanese officials on the deadliest day here of this war.
Lauren Freyer and PR News, Shatura, Lebanon. The Trump administration is acknowledging an error made in a recent social media video and at a letter to New York's Democratic governor accusing the state of Medicaid fraud, Buffalo Toronto Public Media Reporter Emily Watkins has more on the story. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told the Associated
Press Administrator Mehmet Aziz claim that roughly 5 million New Yorkers received personal
care services was an error. The actual number is a tenth of that, about 450,000 people. CMS didn't explain their initial estimate.
“Why should the public rely on any number that you give?”
Michael Kanukin from the Think Tank Physical Policy Institute was first to show that number was likely incorrect. New York has attempted to tighten personal care services, which help with basics like bathing and meal preparation, by increasing eligibility requirements and restructuring its largest home care program.
Friend PR News, I'm Emily Watkins, in Buffalo. This is NPR. A suspect is in custody after throwing a model-to-off cocktail at the San Francisco home of Open AI CEO Sam Altman from member station KQED in San Francisco, Eliza Papal, has more.
Just after 4 a.m. this morning, police responded to an incident in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. A 20-year-old man had thrown a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home, setting fire to an outer gate, the suspect then fled on foot. An hour later, he was arrested outside Open AI's offices after threatening to burn down
the building. That's according to San Francisco Police and a statement released by Open AI. No injuries were reported, an investigation into the incident is ongoing. For NPR News, I'm Eliza Papal, in San Francisco. The 4 NASA Artemis 2 astronauts are now undergoing medical evaluations after the nearly
10-day journey to the far side of the moon. The spacecraft had a near-perfect return to Earth on Friday, even landing in the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of San Diego. NASA program manager Howard U says the space agency learned a lot. This mission has been historic and has demonstrated a new capabilities for a Ryan spacecraft
as taken our crew, farther than any crews that have ever gone to the moon and packed safely. 252,756 miles and that is a fantastic feat we got a lot more to do. During the flight, the three Americans in one Canadian space traveler set a distance record for human travel exceeding the distance record that was set in 1970 by the Apollo 13 mission. I'm Van Ronan, NPR News in Washington.
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