Good evening. I'm Amman Nawaz.

And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, the fragile U.S.-Iran truce is holding,

for now as Israel signals readiness for direct talks with Lebanon. A day after strikes there

threatened to derail the ceasefire. A new high-powered artificial intelligence model raises major concerns about the potential dangers

of this technology getting into the wrong hands.

And Ukraine's military faces a growing problem of desertion from extreme battlefield fatigue

after years of fighting off Russia's invasion.

I thought people would be valued. I thought there would be some kind of support there.

Well, I got there and I realized that the commanders were sending people to their deaths.

Welcome to the News Hour. Israel has agreed to negotiations with Lebanon as it continued strikes on Beirut today.

The bombing across Lebanon is jeopardizing the fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.

It comes as American and Iranian diplomats are set to meet in Pakistan this weekend.

But a wide gulf of trust and lack of clarity on demands

threatens this possible end to more than five weeks of fighting.

Special correspondent, Simona Fultean, starts our coverage from Lebanon,

still reeling from the deadliest day of Israeli attacks since the start of the wider war with Iran.

Rescue teams in Beirut have been working around the clock since Israel unleashed an unprecedented wave of attacks yesterday.

18 people have been pulled dead from the rubble of this building alone.

There is little hope for the four still buried underneath.

But the civil defense isn't giving up until everyone is accounted for.

We are currently carrying out this search and rescue operation the fastest we can.

We came here so we can implement this mission and so that we can recover

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