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After heavy fighting this weekend, Israel and Hezbollah tried to prevent a wider war, we'll get the latest from Tel Aviv.

The sense now that, let's say, this chapter has de-escalated, but every time you de-escalate you actually sow the seeds for even greater

escalation. Plus France arrests the founder of messaging app telegram fanning tensions

with Russia and while poorer Americans felt inflation

less than others during the pandemic we'll look at why it's usually the other way around.

It's Monday August August 26th.

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

and here is the AM edition of What's News,

the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

We begin today in Israel, a day after a heavy exchange of fire between the country and Hezbollah

in neighboring Lebanon raised concerns about the

breakout of a wider Mideast conflict. But after Hezbollah launched hundreds of

rockets and drones at Israel and around a hundred Israeli planes struck targets in Lebanon

both sides are signaling their intent to de-escalate.

Joining me now with more on the situation is Wall Street Journal correspondent

Dove Leiber in Tel Aviv.

Dove, before we look at weather efforts

to cool the situation are likely to be successful,

...