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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
Chapter 2: What updates are there on U.S.-Iran peace talks?
The Trump administration is dispatching a delegation back to Pakistan's capital soon for a second round of U.S. peace talks with Iran, according to a U.S. official not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. However, the White House has not officially said if Vice President J.D. Vance will also be traveling to Islamabad.
A resolution hinges in part on ending a standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, an important route for global oil supplies. NPR's Tamara Keith has more.
The president needs the Strait of Hormuz reopened to stabilize oil markets, but it's a key piece of leverage Iran has gained in this war. Trump also set a red line at Iran's nuclear program. He doesn't want Iran enriching uranium and he wants to take possession of the material Iran still has. But also, Trump is just looking for a way to declare a win and get out of this war.
He's been claiming it was nearly over for weeks now. But reality is a stubborn thing and Iran gets a say in whether this conflict ends or not.
NPR's Tamara Keith reporting. A new United Nations report says billions of dollars are needed to rebuild Gaza, including its university buildings destroyed by the Israeli military. Palestinian students with scholarships to study abroad rallied in Gaza today, calling on Israel to allow them to cross Gaza's border with Egypt. Here's NPR's Anas Baba in Gaza.
A Palestinian song plays as hundreds of students rally in Gaza City. They are raising their passports and college acceptance letters above their heads, demanding Israel allow them to leave Gaza. Remus Cake, who's 22, says she has been trying to leave Gaza for two and a half years after being accepted to four universities abroad, including in Canada.
We are students, we are top students, and we are maybe teachers, doctors, engineers, researchers. We just want to continue our dreams, and we want to reach our universities to rebuild Gaza.
Six months into the ceasefire, only small numbers of hospital patients and their companions have been allowed to leave Gaza. Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off Japan's northern coast this morning. NPR's Anthony Kuhn has an update.
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