Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
A U.S. delegation led by Vice President Vance is in Pakistan for talks with Iran on extending
the fragile temporary ceasefire. Betsy Joel has more from Islamabad. So the sticking points are sanctions, Iran wants sanctions to be lifted and attacks on their allies like Hezbollah and Lebanon to be stopped.
“But of course Israel is the key factor here.”
They've been carrying out attacks in Lebanon after the initial ceasefire deal was announced earlier this week. And the aims all want the right to enrich uranium for what they call peaceful purposes. That could be another deal breaker here, along with questions about who controls the straight-of-war moves.
Betsy Joel's reporting talks just ended, but officials say they'll resume after a break.
Meanwhile, U.S. officials say two American warships went through the straight for the first
time since the war started six weeks ago. And Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon do continue even as the U.S. asked Israel to back off its invasion, which is threatening to derail the peace talks. Israel says that hit 120 Hezbollah sites in 24 hours yesterday, Lebanon's government says, at least 65 people were killed.
And here's Lauren Fraer reports. Lebanese state media say the city of Nabatea and surrounding villages came under a barrage of Israeli attacks, destroying homes and shops and killing 13 state security officers at the main government building there. As Bullah's leader, Naim Kasim issued a statement ahead of unprecedented Israel Lebanon
talks, urging Lebanese authorities to quote, "stop offering free concessions." Lebanon's prime minister has pledged to disarm the Iran-backed group, something Israel says it would appreciate. Kasim also said he won't accept a return to the previous situation, a reference to when before the current invasion the United Nations says Israel continuously violated a previous
ceasefire, Lauren Fraer and PR News Bay route. A federal appeals court says President Trump's construction of a ballroom at the White House can temporarily continue as the administration challenges a lower court rulings saying the project exceeds the President's authority, impures Chloe Viltman reports. A three-judge panel for the U.S. court of appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled
two to one to allow construction to proceed through next Friday, while the District Court further reviews the case. The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued to stop construction last December. It argued the President lacked the statutory authority to undertake the project. In March, a District Court judge granted a preliminary injunction to halt construction,
even though the project was greenlit by the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission on Fine Arts, also the East Wing had already been demolished. In a statement to NPR in response to today's ruling, National Trust Presidents and CEO Carol Quillan expressed appreciation for the court of appeals, this swift actions. Chloe Viltman and Pian use.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The federal aviation administration and the Pentagon say they signed an agreement on the use of country drawn laser systems at the southern U.S. border. The agency says both agencies at whatever both agencies, sorry, say that the systems don't pose a "threat" on due risk to passenger aircraft and that the FAA doesn't expect
additional airspace closures will be needed. Earlier this year, the FAA shut down parts of Texas Aerospace twice after the lasers were deployed. The Artemis-2 astronauts are adjusting to life back on Earth following a splash down in the Pacific Ocean last night.
It appears NL Greenfield Boys reports, the crew's successful fly by of the moon is seen
“by NASA as a key step toward the agency's plan to build a permanent base on the moon.”
The four astronauts set a new "distance from Earth" record. They also snapped stunning photos of the moon as they saw parts of its surface that had
never been seen by human eyes before.
After their safe return, NASA's Lori Glaze said that everyone working with the Artemis Moon Programm is fired up. Apollo was when I was a child and to be here now and say we actually did this, we've gone back and we're going to go build a moon base, we are going to have an enduring presence on the moon, just incredibly powerful.
Next year, the agency plans to test out lunar landers in space with a goal of landing astronauts on the moon in 2028, NL Greenfield Boys and PR News. And I'm Janine Herbst and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. You know, every day on up first NPR's Golden Globe nominated morning news podcast, we bring you three essential stories.
“At the heart of each story, our questions, what really happened?”
What really mattered, what happens next? At NPR, we stand for your right to be curious and to follow the facts. Apollo 1st, wherever you get your podcasts and start your day knowing what matters and why.
