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Fighting is continuing between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon
despite the latest ceasefire.
“Lebanon says at least 16 people have been killed by Israeli strikes since midnight.”
The fighting which had intensified a Friday to rail the scheduled start of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran in Switzerland and PR's carry-con reports from Tel Aviv. Both Israel and Hezbollah say they are adhering to a ceasefire that was supposed to have started Friday at 4pm local time and both blame the other for continued clashes in a phone interview with NBC, President Trump said he spoke with Israel on Friday and asked them
to agree to cease their fire with Hezbollah. Trump was quoted as telling Israel, "You just got a calm down sometimes and use your head." One minister Benjamin Netanyahu was under intense domestic pressure to keep fighting Hezbollah
despite it derailing the larger peace negotiations with Iran.
Many Israelis, political opponents, and even Netanyahu's far-right allies, decry the preliminary pact as bad for Israel. Kary Khan and PR news Tel Aviv. The fighting is raising new questions about the future of U.S. diplomacy in the region and whether the tentative agreement between the United States and Iran can hold.
And PR's Ron Elving reports there's a lot at stake for all sides. There's the fragile ceasefire that may or may not be holding for the moment. Then there's the fate of the MOU between U.S. and Iran. There's at least a short-term chance for peace in the region. Then there's the future of the relationship between the U.S. and Israel.
“That's been so important to both for almost 80 years, so now the Trump administration wants”
to dial back, make a deal, or at least start to make one. MPR's Ron Elving reporting. Cuban lawmakers have approved sweeping reforms towards becoming a market economy in a bid to survive U.S. sanctions, the reforms backed by the Communist Party and former leader role Castro, but privatized a vast swath of the country's Socialist economy.
The BBC's Will Grant reports the U.S. State Department has dismissed the reforms as superficial and small signals. Under the measures, the private sector will play a far greater role in the economy. The state will step back from key sectors, including tourism and mining, and invite foreign direct investment, including from the Gulf States.
On the question of whether Cuban Americans who had had properties and businesses expropriated by the Cuban Revolution could expect to get those assets back, the Deputy Foreign Trade and Investment Minister, Carlos Mendes, added that Cuba was open to reaching an agreement that is acceptable to all sides on the matter. The BBC's Will Grant reporting.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Award-winning TV comedy director James Burroughs has died at the age of 85. Stayed buttermen reports he directed some of the country's most iconic sitcoms. If you are someone who reads television credits, James Burroughs was a familiar name. He got his start on the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
He directed four episodes of the legendary comedy that was the start of a remarkable career. After that, we come to Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Cheers, Frazier, Friends, Will and Grace and many others. He was most closely associated with Cheers. He co-created the series and directed 237 episodes.
“He also played a key role on friends directing the pilot episode and directed all 246 episodes”
of Will and Grace. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles. President Trump has unveiled a Boeing 747 donated by Qatar that's expected to serve as the next Air Force One. The aircraft arrived at Joint Base Andrews this week and will undergo extensive security
and communications upgrades before entering service. The gift though has drawn criticism from some lawmakers who questioned whether a firing government should provide an aircraft for presidential use. Trump has defended the arrangement, calling it a cost-saving measure. I'm Mr. Johnston and PR News in Washington.
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