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NPR News: 04-19-2026 2AM EDT

19 Apr 2026

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What recent events have impacted the ceasefire between the US and Iran?

1.229 - 17.365 Dale Willman

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The ceasefire between the US and Iran could be at risk after Iran once again closed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. Earlier in the day, Iranian forces fired on at least two ships trying to move through the waterway.

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17.345 - 30.708 Dale Willman

In Lebanon, meanwhile, a French soldier was killed and three others wounded in an attack on UN peacekeepers in the southern part of that country. So far, though, the fragile ceasefire there remains in place. NPR's Kat Lonsdorff is in Beirut.

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30.888 - 43.328 Kat Lonsdorff

These two ceasefires are very much intertwined. If one falls apart, it's very likely that the other will fall apart as well. Here in Lebanon, it definitely feels less tense. People are resuming some activities.

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43.509 - 59.371 Kat Lonsdorff

You know, my Uber driver last night, for example, told me it was his first day back driving since the war began because he didn't feel safe being on the streets before with potential Israeli strikes. But also people here recognize this is a temporary ceasefire and they're skeptical that it will lead to lasting peace.

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59.832 - 82.438 Dale Willman

That's NPR's Kat Lonsdorf in Beirut with our reports. In Ukraine, a gunman went on a shooting spree Saturday, killing six people in the capital of Kyiv. At least a dozen other people were wounded before the gunman was shot dead by police. Authorities are treating the shooting as a terrorist act and their investigation continues. The BBC's Mohamed Mahdi has our reports.

82.739 - 101.183 Mohamed Mahdi

Prosecutors said the attacker, a 58-year-old Russian from Moscow, opened fire in the streets of Holosivsky, a southern suburb of Kyiv. Footage on social media shows a man running in the streets. shooting at people seemingly at random with a long rifle. Authorities say he then entered a nearby supermarket where he took hostages and continued to shoot.

101.624 - 115.463 Mohamed Mahdi

Police opened fire shortly afterwards, killing the man. Kyiv's mayor Vitaly Klitschko said there'd also been a separate fire in the suspect's apartment. Ukraine's capital is no stranger to violence, but this type of shooting attack is rare and has shocked many here.

116.325 - 131.628 Dale Willman

That's the BBC's Mohamed Mahdi with our report. President Trump signed an executive order Saturday morning that could make certain psychedelic drugs more available for treating a number of mental health conditions, including depression, PTSD, and anxiety.

132.229 - 141.042 Dale Willman

Ampere's Danielle Kurtzleben reports that the administration is framing the psychedelic drugs as a way to help cope with the national mental health crisis.

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