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What is the current status of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. It's day two of a 10-day ceasefire to pause the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The agreement seems to be holding amid several incidents of violence, but many in Lebanon are not convinced it will lead to lasting peace. NPR's Kat Lonsdorf has more from Beirut.
46-year-old Abir Mohammed Al-Masri has been living in a tent in a parking lot with her six kids for nearly seven weeks. She says she'd much rather be in their apartment in the southern suburbs, but...
I don't trust the ceasefire, she said.
It's more of a truce than a ceasefire. We can't go home yet. Many of the more than one million people displaced in Lebanon during this war have headed back to the south, where much of the fighting was happening, despite warnings not to.
How are Lebanese families coping with displacement during the ceasefire?
But Israel is still occupying about 10 percent of the country after destroying whole villages to create what it calls a buffer zone to keep Hezbollah from firing rockets into Israel. Lebanese people from those villages cannot return. Kat Wansdorff, NPR News, Beirut.
Pope Leo says he has no interest in debating President Trump, who's repeatedly hit out at the pontiff, apparently angry over Leo's advocacy for peace with Iran. But the pope says his remark this week about the world being ravaged by a handful of tyrants wasn't about Trump.
The talk that I gave at the prayer meeting for peace a couple days ago was prepared two weeks ago, well before the president ever commented on myself and on the message of peace that I am promoting. And yet, as it happens, it was looked at as if I was trying to debate again the president, which is not my interest at all.
Leo was on a four-nation, 11-day tour of Africa. He left Cameroon this morning after celebrating mass at the airport. He's now in Angola. where he urged the faithful to work for a society free from the slavery imposed by the elite. Elected officials are making their last appeals to Virginians in a congressional redistricting referendum that could see the state send four more Democrats to Congress. Today's the last day of early voting ahead of Tuesday's election. Jag Khalil from VPM News has more.
At a house near Richmond, Governor Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, rallied a crowd preparing to knock on doors.
We want to stand up, reject what we are seeing coming out of Washington, and ensure that we can be a counterweight to the actions of Texas, Missouri, of North Carolina.
Those states recently created new congressional districts that favor Republicans at the urging of President Trump. Despite gains by Democrats in Virginia's election last November, polling indicates the contest is a toss-up. Next door to where yes forces gathered were signs opposing the referendum. The new map proposed by Democrats would result in just one safe GOP seat in the state. Democrats would get 10. For NPR News, I'm Jad Khalil in Henrico, Virginia.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Hundreds of animal rights activists stormed a controversial Wisconsin dog breeding facility this morning, saying the animals are not being treated well. Wisconsin Public Radio's Corrine Hess has more.
Ridgeland Farms near Madison, Wisconsin, is expected to close this summer. But animal rights activists say the 2,000 dogs being held there are being mistreated. Ridgeland is one of the country's largest breeders of beagles for research. Dane County Sheriff Kelvin Barrett says about 400 violent activists attempted to break into the facility. I want to be very clear. This is not a peaceful protest and we will do everything and use every resource we have to keep and maintain the peace. Madison activist Amy Van Artisan says police used tear gas on protesters. Many people were also hit with rubber bullets. The police response was just really devastating and disappointing. The protest was planned for Sunday, but moved up a day by activists.
For NPR News, I'm Corrine Hess in Milwaukee.
Forget the Lycra. In England, hundreds of cyclists in tweed jackets and bowler hats rode through the streets of London today for the annual Tweed Run.
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