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Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Lebanon's President Joseph Owan in Washington,

Sunday, to discuss the framework agreement for the U.S.

Brokerd Israel as Lebanon peace deal. And P.R.'s Lydia Colletri reports the meeting comes ahead of his meeting with President Trump Tuesday. Secretary Rubio commended President Allen's efforts to reclaim Lebanon's sovereignty. Islam has Bala and moved toward peace, according to a State Department statement.

Lebanon was pulled into the greater conflict with Israel and Iran when Hezbollah, who is backed by Iran, began striking targets in Israel and March. After weeks of negotiations in Washington, Israel and Lebanon reached a framework agreement last month that calls for the removal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon on the condition Hezbollah disarms.

Owan has called for Israeli troops to withdraw from Lebanon, has Bala, which has not been

party to the talks, has rejected the agreement. Owan is scheduled to meet with President Trump on Tuesday to further discuss the next steps of the agreement.

Lydia Colletri and PR News Last week, wildfire smoke from Canada created hazardous air

for millions of people in multiple states in the Midwest and East Coast. This week is my own silver from station WUWM and Milwaukee reports the weather could move some of that smoke out. Fires continued to burn up an Ontario, Manitoba, and parts north and west in Canada. In places close to the wildfires like Minneapolis and Duluth, as well as the upper

peninsula of Michigan, are going to continue to deal with degraded air quality. But Andrew Quigley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service says, due to a cold front with potential storms coming through the region, other areas will get some relief. If you're in Wisconsin, if you're in Illinois and Indiana, lower Michigan, we're going to see those air quality alerts start to improve here, particularly as we get into the

Tuesday Wednesday timeframe. In parts of Michigan and Minnesota with poor air quality, people with sensitivity should consider rescheduling their outdoor activities or wearing an N95.

For NPR news, I'm Iyan Silver and Milwaukee.

Spain is the 2026 World Cup Champion defeating Argentina 1-Nil Sunday at MFL Stadium in New Jersey. NPR's Becky Sullivan covered the tournament and reports that Spain's defense and gold tending were spectacular. In a Spain was really hit to establish themselves as a defensive juggernaut in this world

cup.

In fact, they are the first men World Cup Champion to give out just one goal in their whole

run to a title, which is, you know, obviously what they did today, just suffocating defense. They kept Argentina from recording a single shot all the way through the 90 minutes of regulation and the first half of extra time. It took until the second half of extra time for Argentina to even have a shot.

Spain dominated the contest with 12 shots on gold, Argentina had to. This is NPR news. My president, JD Vance and his wife, Ushe, are welcoming a new family member to the family. The child named Alex Niel Vance is the first child born to a sitting vice president in more than 150 years.

The family, Median, Otsman, Sunday, the Vances have three children. In Ushe and hundreds of people rallied Sunday afternoon calling for justice in the killing of Lorenzo, Silgado, a whole row. The man killed by Ice Agents more than two weeks ago. Based in public media, Bianca Suez has more battling the brutal heat and humidity, protestors

demanded changes to immigration and customs enforcement operations in Houston. Mariella Rivera said she came today because she feels helpless. I'm hoping that when they see this, they think this is not something that Ushe's Americans, a democracy want. This isn't what we want.

protest leaders say they'll continue putting pressure on local leaders with more protests planned in the coming days. For NPR news, I'm Bianca Suez in Houston. Another American service member has been killed in the war against Iran. The military says the unidentified serviceman died Saturday in northern Iraq and a controlled

detonation of a downed Iranian drone, the announcement marks the 17th death of a service member since the war began February the 28th, two service members died over the weekend during an Iranian attack of a U.S. military installation in Jordan, meanwhile the U.S. military for a ninth consecutive night launched a series of attacks against Iran. This is NPR news.

Support for NPR. The last time Antonio May's senior heard from his son, it was in a note, the 16 year old left in the family's garage and Antonio Junior left home to join a protest in Seattle. A week later, he was shot and killed there.

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