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What updates are there on the Israel-Lebanon negotiations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Israel and Lebanon are set to hold a second round of talks in Washington tomorrow. A 10-day ceasefire that has paused fighting between Israel and Hezbollah appears to be holding. NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports from southern Lebanon.
Looking south from a hill atop the village of Majdalzoun, you can see an Israeli flag waving in the wind over the neighboring Lebanese village. Israel is still occupying a large swath of land in Lebanon's south, including dozens of towns and villages. Hezbollah spokesperson Salman Harb tells NPR that the Iran-backed group does not agree with direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon.
But if the result of the negotiations is that Israel will withdraw from the Lebanese land, Harb says, then we're fine with that. But on the other hand, he says, if the land remains occupied, it's our right to resist that occupation. Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Majdal Zoon, in southern Lebanon.
A routine annual paper about COVID-19 vaccines by staff at the CDC has been blocked. NPR's Ping Huang reports on the unusual move.
Every spring, after the winter peaks of cold and flu, the CDC reports on how well seasonal vaccines worked. For those who got them, how much less likely were they to get hospitalized or to die from the disease? This March, CDC staff published a paper on flu vaccine effectiveness in the agency's flagship weekly publication, and they plan to do the same for the COVID vaccine.
But Acting Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya held the COVID paper for weeks. Now, the planned publication has been canceled. The stoppage was first reported in the Washington Post and confirmed by Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nixon cited concerns about how the paper estimates vaccine effectiveness, even though the CDC's methodology has been the same for years. Ping Huang, NPR News.
The popular prediction market site Kalshi has fined three political candidates for betting on their own campaigns. NPR's Bobby Allen reports concerns are growing in Washington over insider trading on the apps.
Kalshi fined a Texas House candidate, a Minnesota state senator, and a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Virginia. The sites say all three placed bets on their own political campaigns, which violates Kalshi's rules against insider trading. The enforcement actions were announced as state and federal lawmakers vowed to crack down on political insiders profiting off of insider information.
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