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5 min readPresident Trump announced a ten-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that took effect immediately, after Iran said it would not engage in further ceasefire talks with the United States. The announcement followed the first direct diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Iran in decades, though the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah was not at the negotiating table. On the ground in Beirut, civilians remain in severe distress. "Here in Beirut, there are whole parking lots full of tents and people using the stadium here for shelter or sleeping in schools," reported NPR's Piers Kat Lawnsdorf. Most displaced people will not be allowed to return home yet, if ever. According to Lebanese officials, Israel has demolished more than 40,000 homes in the south, taking over entire villages to create what it calls a security buffer zone aimed at preventing Hezbollah from firing rockets into Israel.
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- 1 (00:04) **Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire in Effect** - President Trump announces a ten-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon after Iran says it won't engage in further talks with the U.S.
- 2 (01:01) **DHS Budget Battle on Capitol Hill** - Homeland Security agency heads testify about their 2027 budget requests while DHS remains without regular funding amid a two-month partial shutdown.
- 3 (02:35) **Sheboygan Dam Crisis in Michigan** - Crews place massive sandbags and pumps around the Sheboygan Dam and try to revive a shuttered hydroelectric plant to save the structure.
- 4 (03:00) **Special Election: Far-Left Democrat Wins New Jersey's 11th District** - Annalilia Mehaya, endorsed by Bernie Sanders, defeats moderate Republican Joe Hathaway in a race called by the AP.
- 5 (03:23) **Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings to Step Down** - Hastings announces he will leave his role as chairman in June, coinciding with a strong quarterly earnings report.
- 6 (04:23) **Unemployment Claims Fall** - The Labor Department reports jobless benefit filings dropped by 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 207,000 last week.
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