Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey.
Peace talks between Israel and Lebanon will take place at the White House today, according
“to a White House official not authorized to speak publicly.”
The talks come a day after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, killed at least five people, including Lebanese journalist. And PR's Danielle Kurtzlebin has more. The official says these talks are taking place at the Ambassador level. Currently there is a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
A spokesperson for his ballad, the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, told NPR that the group does not agree with direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, but would accept Israel withdrawing from the country. The talks also come after a Trump extended a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran this week. However, a senior Iranian official said that President Trump's last-minute ceasefire extension
"means nothing." Danielle Kurtzlebin and PR news the White House. A federal judge has ordered the release of high ML Gamal in her five children from immigration detention.
“They have been held there for more than ten months, and PR's Jasmine Garst reports.”
High-M L Gamal's ex-husband Muhammad Solomon is accused of perpetrating the fatal firebombing of peaceful, pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, last year. Following the attack, L Gamal and their children, ranging in age 1-5 to 18, were detained at the Dilly Processing Center in Texas. No one investigated and cleared by the FBI of any knowledge of the attack.
They've been detained for three hundred and twenty-four days. Today, a federal judge ordered them released with ankle monitors. In a statement to NPR-DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Biss wrote, quote, "Mahamid Solomon is a terrorist responsible for an anti-Semitic firebombing in Boulder. The judge wants to release this terrorist family onto American streets.
Jasmine Garst and PR News New York." Multiple fires in the Southeastern U.S. are spreading in tinder-dry conditions. From member station WUFT in Gainesville, Sophia Dinka reports several blazes are growing in North Central Florida.
“Much of South Georgia in North Central Florida is in extreme, or the worst classification”
exceptional drought. One of Florida's biggest blazes, the railroad fire, has surpassed four thousand acres in Putnam in Clay County's threatening hundreds of homes. FEMA has authorized federal funds to reimburse firefighting costs. Loody Bond is a wild-farm mitigation specialist with the Waka Sasa Division of Forestry.
People might think, "Well, do you have enough resources?" And that's an excellent question because we do but we're having to share them and move them around the area where they're needed the most. Bond is warning area residents to prepare for potential flames by clearing the vicinity around their homes of anything flammable.
For NPR News, I'm Sophia Dinka in Gainesville, Florida. Police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana say 10 people have been taken to a hospital after shooting at the Mall of Louisiana. The initial investigation indicates it would dispute. This is NPR.
Russian crude oil supplies have resumed flowing into Hungary after a nearly three-month halt via a pipeline that passes through Ukraine. The interruption had heightened political tensions in central and eastern Europe, and the
European Union has approved a massive loan package worth more than $100 billion to support
Ukraine for the next two years as it fights off Russia. Hungary had been blocking the loan after Russian oil deliveries were halted in January when a stretch of Ukraine pipeline was damaged in the war. The EU today also approved new sanctions against Russia targeting its financial services and trade sectors.
The first round at the NFL draft is tonight and the Las Vegas Raiders could be getting a new franchise quarterback, and PR's Becky Sullivan has this preview. "Fernando Mendozo was the star of the college football national championship game back in January. Now, the Indiana quarterback is expected to be the first overall pick. The Raiders haven't taken a quarterback in the first round since they drafted Jamarkis
Russell back in 2007 who ended up being a bust. The New York Jets will choose second, followed by the Arizona Cardinals, the Tennessee Titans, and the New York Giants. Some of the other top players in the draft include the Notre Dame running back Jeremiah Love, and the Texas Tech Pass Russia David Bailey in four Ohio State book guys, a wider
silver, two linebackers, and a safety could all be taken in the top 10.
The second and third round will take place tomorrow, then rounds 4 through 7 will wrap up
on Saturday. Becky Sullivan and Pierre News. "At last, Czech U.S. stocks or lower investors are watching the situation in Iran and tech sell-offs, stock stocks let us sell-off earlier today." Each story you hear on planet money starts with a question.
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