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Chapter 1: What recent developments have occurred in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. President Trump has announced a three-week extension to the pause in fighting between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. The 10-day ceasefire was to expire in the coming days. Attacks still continue, though. Hezbollah says it fired rockets into northern Israel last night.
The Israeli military responded with its own airstrikes on what it says were military structures. Pope Leo is urging the US and Iran to return to the negotiating table for talks to end the war. NPR's Ruth Sherlock has more.
Speaking during a press conference on the Papal Plain as he returned from a trip to countries in Africa, Pope Leo urged leaders to adopt what he called a culture of peace. Calling negotiations between Iran and the United States complex, he urged all sides to engage in dialogue.
Leo said he carried with him a photograph of a young Muslim Lebanese boy who was killed in Israel's recent attacks against the Iran-backed group Hezbollah there. The same child had been previously photographed carrying a sign welcoming the Pope when Leo visited Lebanon last year.
When conflicts arise, Pope Leo asked, the question is how to promote the values we believe in without the deaths of so many innocents.
Ruth Sherlock, NPR News. The extent of personal injuries and damage and destruction in northern Oklahoma will come to light this morning. after multiple tornadoes touched down there late last night. The soaring cost of jet fuel is forcing airlines in Europe to cut thousands of flights. NPR's Joel Rose reports.
German carrier Lufthansa said this week it would cut 20,000 flights from its schedule through the fall to save on jet fuel. KLM and Scandinavian Airlines have also trimmed their schedules.
Energy experts warned that a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway off Iran's coast, would lead to higher prices for jet fuel and even possible shortages in Europe ahead of the peak summer travel season. Joel Rose, NPR News.
Major shifts in marijuana policy. The Justice Department has ordered an immediate change in the classification of medical cannabis. Ben Marcus from Colorado Public Radio explains.
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Chapter 2: How is Pope Leo advocating for peace in the Middle East?
invalidates her conviction. She's asking for a new trial. A jury found Dugan guilty of helping a man evade immigration agents in the courthouse last April. She's scheduled to be sentenced in June. The tech company Meta is laying off about 10 percent of its staff. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram has been pumping billions of dollars into artificial intelligence.
NPR's John Ruich reports an internal memo says Meta is reorganizing to offset investments.
A Meta spokesperson confirmed the internal memo. In it, Meta's chief people officer Janelle Gale says the layoffs are part of a continued effort to run the company more efficiently. The cuts will also allow it to offset other investments the company's making.
Gale says while it's unwelcome news that puts employees in an uneasy state, the company feels it's the best path forward given the circumstances. The layoffs will take place on May 20th. Meta also will not hire for 6,000 open roles that it had intended to fill. In January, Meta forecast record capital expenditures this year of up to $135 billion, almost double what it spent last year.
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Microsoft will offer voluntary buyouts to more than 8,000 U.S. employees next month, according to the Associated Press. That's about 7 percent of the software company's domestic workforce. I'm Kristen Wright, NPR News, from Washington.
As hurricane season approaches, a political storm is brewing at the Federal Disaster Agency. I've never been a big fan of FEMA. It really doesn't get the job done. But can we afford to lose this vital agency? Whenever there's a disaster, the first thing people say is, where's FEMA? American Emergency, the movement to kill FEMA, is a brand new series from WNYC's On The Media.
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