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What recent events triggered peace talks between Israel and Lebanon?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. Peace talks between Israel and Lebanon will take place at the White House today, according to a White House official not authorized to speak publicly. The talks come a day after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least five people, including a Lebanese journalist. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben has more.
The official says these talks are taking place at the ambassador level. Currently, there is a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. A spokesperson for Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, told NPR that the group does not agree with direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon but would accept Israel withdrawing from the country. The talks also come after Trump extended a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran this week. However, a senior Iranian official said that President Trump's last-minute ceasefire extension, quote, means nothing. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House.
A federal judge has ordered the release of Hayim El-Gamal and her five children from immigration detention. They have been held there for more than 10 months. NPR's Jasmine Garst reports.
Hayim El-Gamal's ex-husband, Mohammed Salomon, is accused of perpetrating the fatal firebombing of peaceful pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, last year. Following the attack, Algamal and their children, ranging in age from 5 to 18, were detained at the Dilley Processing Center in Texas. They were investigated and cleared by the FBI of any knowledge of the attack. They've been detained for 324 days. Today, a federal judge ordered them released with ankle monitors. In a statement to NPR, DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Biss wrote, quote, Muhammad Salomon is a terrorist responsible for an anti-Semitic firebombing in Boulder. The judge wants to release this terrorist family onto American streets.
Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York.
Multiple fires in the southeastern U.S. are spreading in tinder-dry conditions. From Ember Station WUFT in Gainesville, Sophia Dinka reports several blazes are growing in north-central Florida.
Much of South Georgia and north-central Florida is in extreme, or the worst classification, exceptional drought. One of Florida's biggest blazes, the railroad fire, has surpassed 4,000 acres in Putnam and Clay counties, threatening hundreds of homes. FEMA has authorized federal funds to reimburse firefighting costs. Ludi Bond is a wildfire mitigation specialist with the Waukesha Division of Forestry.
People might think, well, do you have enough resources? And that's an excellent question because we do, but we're having to share them and move them around the area where they're needed the most.
Bond is warning area residents to prepare for potential flames by clearing the vicinity around their homes of anything flammable. For NPR News, I'm Sophia Dinka in Gainesville, Florida.
Police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, say 10 people have been taken to a hospital after a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana. The initial investigation indicates it was a dispute. This is NPR. Russian crude oil supplies have resumed flowing into Hungary after a nearly three-month halt via a pipeline that passes through Ukraine. The interruption had heightened political tensions in Central and Eastern Europe. And the European Union has approved a massive loan package worth more than $100 billion to support Ukraine for the next two years as it fights off Russia. Hungary had been blocking the loan. after Russian oil deliveries were halted in January when a stretch of the Ukraine pipeline was damaged in the war.
The EU today also approved new sanctions against Russia targeting its financial services and trade sectors. The first round of the NFL draft is tonight, and the Las Vegas Raiders could be getting a new franchise quarterback. NPR's Becky Sullivan has this preview.
Fernando Mendoza was the star of the College Football National Championship game back in January. Now, the Indiana quarterback is expected to be the first overall pick. The Raiders haven't taken a quarterback in the first round since they drafted Jamarcus Russell back in 2007, who ended up being a bust.
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