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J.D. Vance is on its way back to the U.S. after peace talks with Iran broke down in
“Islamabad overnight, and PR's D. Parvaz reports negotiations followed the start of a fragile”
ceasefire between the two countries less than a week ago." After the collapse of the talks, Vice President J.D. Vance said that the U.S. needs a commitment from Iran that it will not seek a nuclear weapon, nor pursue the tools to quickly build one, Iran has repeatedly said that the nuclear program is a civilian one, and that it has a right to continue to enrich uranium for that purpose. The status of the two-week ceasefire is uncertain at this point,
as are the possibilities of further negotiations." That's NPR's D. Parvaz reporting.
Israeli and Lebanese diplomats are preparing to hold their first direct meeting between
government officials in decades on Tuesday, and PR's Catalan Store reports the meeting comes amid ongoing attacks between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Lebanon's Ministry of Health says 97
“people were killed by Israeli strikes mainly in the south on Saturday alone, including three”
emergency workers. Meanwhile, Hezbollah says it has continued attacks on northern Israel and Israeli troops inside Lebanon. Israel says it's struck more than 200 Hezbollah targets over the weekend. Israel and Lebanon's ambassadors to the U.S. are set to meet in Washington to discuss the ceasefire, but at a Hezbollah rally in downtown Beirut, Saturday, supporters filled the streets for blocks, waving flags and chanting against negotiations. Many said that after these really attacks last week,
which killed more than 350 people in a single day, they don't trust the talks will benefit them. Catalan Store, MPAR News, Beirut. Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other of violating a brief ceasefire that was supposed to be in effect this weekend for Orthodox Easter, and PR's Juanike Kisses reports Ukraine's military claims Russia has breached the truth
“more than 2,000 times in less than 24 hours. Ukrainian celebrated their fifth Easter”
under siege from Russia, which launched a full-scale war in 2022. They filled churches to declare Christos, Volkress, or Christ is risen. The truth to celebrate Orthodox Easter was supposed to start on Saturday afternoon. By Sunday, though, Ukraine's military said it recorded combat clashes on the front line and Russian drone and shelling strikes in civilian areas. Russia is also accusing Ukraine of drone strikes and Russian regions that injured several people.
Juanike Kisses and PR News, Kiev. Saudi Arabia says the East West pipeline used to send oil to the Red Sea for transport was repaired after an attack and a statement today,
the Saudi Energy Ministry says its reach full capacity of about 7 million barrels a day.
This is NPR News in Washington. A raffle in France is offering a chance to win a Picasso. The draw for the TET to FEM painted in 1941 takes place Tuesday at Christi's auction house in Paris. Previous raffles have raised over 10 million euros for cultural and humanitarian causes. The number of tickets is capped at 120,000 and the draw will be broadcast online. The proceeds support Alzheimer's research. A man has been arrested after a U.S. military aircraft was attacked
at an airport on Ireland's West Coast. NPR's Fatma Al-Kasal reports airport operations were temporarily suspended after the incident but have since resumed. Irish police say a man in his 40s was arrested after entering an unauthorized area of Ireland's Shannon Airport and allegedly causing damage to a U.S. military aircraft. Video on social media shows a man climbing onto the wing of a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules transport aircraft parked on a remote taxiway and attacking
it with a hammer. There have been several security breaches in recent years at the airport, which has long been the site of protests over its uses of transit point by the U.S. military. Police say investigations are ongoing. Fatma Al-Kasal and Pyeongi's London. Rory Mackle Roy led by six strokes entering round three at the masters on Saturday,
the largest third round lead in tournament history. He's still on top but now tied with Cameron
Young. I'm Windsor Johnston NPR News in Washington. On NPR's wildcard podcast actor Tim Blake Nelson reflects on his career before movies. Well my first job working at the Tulsa beef company to pay off legal deaths from having been arrested for public intoxication. Watch our listen to that wildcard conversation on the NPR app
