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Chapter 1: What are the latest developments in the Israel-Lebanon conflict?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. Israeli attacks on Lebanon continued today, even as the U.S. has asked Israel to back off its invasion, which threatens to derail wider Mideast ceasefire talks set for this weekend. Israel says it hit 120 Hezbollah sites across Lebanon in the past 24 hours. Lebanon's government says at least 65 people were killed today.
NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from Beirut.
Lebanese state media say the city of Nabatiya and surrounding villages came under a barrage of Israeli attacks, destroying homes and shops and killing 13 state security officers at the main government building there. Hezbollah's leader Naim Qasem issued a statement ahead of unprecedented Israel-Lebanon talks, urging Lebanese authorities to, quote, stop offering free concessions.
Lebanon's prime minister has pledged to disarm the Iran-backed group, something Israel says it would appreciate. Qasem also said he won't accept a return to the previous situation, a reference to when, before the current invasion, the United Nations says Israel continuously violated a previous ceasefire.
Chapter 2: How is the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon evolving?
Lauren Fryer, NPR News, Beirut.
Israel's attacks on Lebanon have forced more than a million people from their homes. David Miliband is head of the International Rescue Committee, which aids people in war zones worldwide. He visited Beirut last week.
The situation in Lebanon is a new scale of catastrophe.
Chapter 3: What political moves is Kamala Harris making for a potential 2028 run?
One in five people forced from their homes, only 150,000 of the million plus people displaced in government shelters. So people sleeping on the floors of relatives, the floors of friends, a few thousand also in tents in Beirut. It's an extraordinary city. You can drive past the Beirut Yacht Club and outside the Beirut Yacht Club, there are people in tents who've been forced from their homes.
Miliband says there's widespread fear that the attacks will continue despite efforts to keep the ceasefire holding in other parts of the Middle East. Former Vice President Kamala Harris is not ruling out a run for president in 2028. As NPR's Deva Shivaram reports, Harris is set to kick off a tour of southern states, including South Carolina.
At the National Action Network convention in New York, Harris told Reverend Al Sharpton that she might run for president again.
Listen, I might. I might.
Chapter 4: How is inflation impacting the Federal Reserve's decisions?
I might. I'm thinking about it. It's by no means a commitment to launch what would be her third bid for the White House. And Harris has said before that she would possibly run for president again. But her recent comments come as the former vice president and California native is about to embark on a series of stops to key election states, including North Carolina and Georgia.
Deepa Shivaram, NPR News.
March saw a sharp spike in inflation because of the largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades. That's creating major challenges for the Federal Reserve. As a result, the central bank may postpone any interest rate cuts for months. The gas price shock from the war in Iran has shifted inflation's trajectory.
Chapter 5: What are the challenges faced by astronauts during the Artemis II return?
This is NPR News. The astronauts on board the Artemis II mission are making their way back to Earth. Their Orion space capsule is scheduled to splash down off the coast of California tonight. Central Florida Public Media's Brendan Byrne reports the return ends a nearly 10-day mission that took the crew around the moon and back.
Returning from space is risky. The spacecraft will reach speeds up to 25,000 miles per hour and could experience temperatures of up to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit once it hits the atmosphere. It will take 13 minutes for the capsule to splash down under a canopy of parachutes.
A lot has to go right to return them safely, says Jeff Radigan, the Artemis II lead flight director, starting with their initial approach.
Let's not beat around the bush. We have to hit that angle correctly.
Chapter 6: What are the implications of the Live Nation antitrust case?
Otherwise, we're not going to have a successful reentry.
During the return, mission control will lose contact with the spacecraft for around six minutes. The mission marks the first lunar journey for humans in more than 50 years, sending the crew farther into space than ever before. For NPR News, I'm Brendan Byrne in Orlando.
A jury wrapped up its first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in an antitrust case against the concert giant Live Nation Entertainment. 34 states are arguing that the company and its ticketing arm, Ticketmaster, are monopolizing the industry and driving up the prices to seat live music.
A lawyer for the states said in closing arguments yesterday that Live Nation controls 86 percent of the concert market. Live Nation says it faces plenty of competition and plays fair amid a booming concert business. The trial lasted more than five weeks, and deliberations of the jury will continue in Manhattan on Monday. This is NPR News live in Washington.
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