Israel and Lebanon extended their ceasefire, but the violence has continued.

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post. I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Friday,

April 24th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

President Donald Trump yesterday announced that a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon would be extended for three weeks. It had been set to expire on Sunday.

Trump made the announcement during a second round of peace talks between the two nations at the White House.

But there's one big problem. Lebanon's military is not one of the adversaries in this conflict.

That would be Hezbollah, an armed political party which has rejected the negotiations.

Hezbollah continued to strike Israel while talks were underway, and Israel struck what it said were Hezbollah targets today.

The success of this ceasefire is linked to the fate of another truce between Iran and the U.S.

Here's Trump talking about both ceasefires in the Oval Office yesterday.

We had a great conversation, and I think it's the beginning of something very important to be

a wonderful thing to get this worked out simultaneously with what we're doing in Iran.

Meanwhile, a third U.S. aircraft carrier arrived near Iran yesterday, and the U.S. said it had

intercepted another tanker in the Indian Ocean, accusing it of

transporting oil from Iran.

President Trump intends to invite Vladimir Putin to a G20 summit in Miami.

That's number two.

The Russian president hasn't attended a G20 summit in Miami. That's number two. The Russian president hasn't attended a G20 summit since 2019. Initially, he didn't travel due to the coronavirus pandemic. Then Russia invaded Ukraine,

and the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him. Putin has been accused

of war crimes. However, he could show up

at the gathering of global leaders scheduled to take place in December at Trump's Doral Gulf Resort in

Miami. Yesterday, the State Department said in a statement that Trump has been clear that Russia is

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