Carrie Conn

President Lula says he spent hours with Trump, had a great lunch, and is going back to Brazil optimistic that, quote, things start to move forward.

He says he made one thing clear to Trump.

Brazil is willing to build partnerships wherever and with everyone, he says.

In his trademark folksy manner to reporters, Lula made police for world peace.

He called on the U.N.

Security Council members to get together, share some whiskeys and pork knuckles, and pledge peace instead of war.

In a social media post, President Trump called Lula very dynamic and said talks will continue.

Carrie Conn, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.

The bells of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ring out in the Old City.

But you can't get close to the site where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified and resurrected.

Israeli officials are limiting public gatherings in Jerusalem's holy sites to under 50 people.

The Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque has been closed to just staff during the entire war.

Judaism's Holy Western Wall allows 50 worshippers at a time.

This year's Palm Sunday procession had been canceled in accordance to the rules, but Police Sunday even prevented Latin patriarch Cardinal Pierre-Baptiste Pizzabala and another official from entering the site.

in what church officials say is, quote, a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure.

Israel's president apologized.

Carrie Conn, NPR News, Jerusalem.

Sirens sounded throughout Israel in rapid succession late morning Wednesday in multiple parts of the country.

Police and rescue services say several sites were hit by debris from either missiles or interceptors.

One Iranian missile fell near a major power plant.