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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Chapter 2: What happened in Lebanon following the recent attacks?
It's a day of mourning across Lebanon for the more than 250 people killed yesterday in Israel's largest wave of attacks in the war. Israel says it was targeting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants, but they also hit areas of central Beirut, where some one million Lebanese displaced in this war fled to for safety. Now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants talks to start.
NPR's Aya Batraoui has more. Israel's prime minister today said he instructed his cabinet to open direct negotiations with Lebanon's government about disarming Hezbollah. But even as he did this, more Israeli bombs were dropping on southern Lebanon today after Hezbollah, which held its fire yesterday, shot rockets at Israel today.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of Israel's new settlement approvals?
The fragile two-week truce between the U.S. and Iran continues, and representatives from the two countries are scheduled to meet Saturday for peace talks in Pakistan. Israel has secretly approved the establishment of 34 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Authority condemned the move in land Palestinians seek for a future state.
Chapter 4: How many deaths have occurred in immigration detention this fiscal year?
The U.S. State Department didn't have an immediate comment, as NPR's Daniel Estrin reports.
The Israeli security cabinet made the decision last week at the height of the Iran war, and it was kept confidential until Israeli media reported it today with an Iran ceasefire in place.
Chapter 5: What led to the recent deaths in ICE custody?
A person not authorized to speak publicly, but who was briefed on the decision, confirmed it to NPR, and said it was kept classified until now to avoid pressure from the U.S. on Israel's settlement activity during the Iran war. Before the current Israeli government took office, Israel had only approved six new official settlements over the span of a decade.
This current Israeli government has approved a total of 100 new West Bank settlements. There's been a wave of deadly Israeli violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, including one Palestinian killed on Wednesday. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Chapter 6: Who will host the upcoming Tony Awards and why is it significant?
There were more deaths in immigration detention this fiscal year than in the last two decades. Twenty-seven people have died in ICE custody just since October, according to data reviewed by NPR from ICE and the American Immigration Rights Center. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran has more.
The latest death occurred last week at the Miami Correctional Center in Indiana.
Chapter 7: What are the highlights of NASA's Artemis II lunar mission?
A Vietnamese man was found unresponsive, according to the Department of Homeland Security. One of the facilities with numerous deaths is Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. Out of three deaths there, one was ruled a homicide by local authorities. DHS ruled another death there, a suicide. At the time, a company specialized in supply chain management was running the facility.
Acquisition Logistics had never run a center before, but it secured a $1.3 billion contract. DHS canceled the contract last month. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin, Texas.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. There'll be a new host for the Tony Awards, Broadway's highest honors on June 7th, Pink, the Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter. Jeff Ludden has more.
Every year, the Tonys select hosts with Broadway credentialsāHugh Jackman, Neil Patrick Harris, Cynthia Erivo. But while Pink has never performed on Broadway, a couple of her songs are currently being sung in Anne Juliet and the Tony Award-winning musical Moulin Rouge!.
The recording artist, who's had 15 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, is known for her theatrical concerts and videos, as well as her love for Broadway. Producers hope she'll bring new viewers to the Tony telecast, which will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS and Paramount+. For NPR News, I'm Jeff Lundin in New York.
NASA's Artemis II lunar mission crew is getting ready to return home to Earth tomorrow, finishing a 10-day flight that included a trip to the far side of the moon. On their way back, the crew's been conducting experiments, including studying the solar corona, the sun's outermost atmosphere, as it glows around the moon during a lunar eclipse.
Their trip broke the human spaceflight's distance record. topping the mark set by NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission that took place in April of 1970. On Wall Street, the Dow is up 292 points, the Nasdaq up 146. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington.
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