Good evening. I'm John Yang. Jeff Bennett and Amna Nawaz are away. On the news hour tonight,

negotiations to end the war with Iran falter and more U.S. troops are preparing to deploy to the Middle East.

A look at the United States' latest strategy. With social media under scrutiny, Germany considers following Australia's lead and banning

the platforms for most children.

And more states legalize a controversial practice, medical assistance for dying.

I want to go as me, the guy that can smile and laugh and joke a little bit, rather than

be a pile of pain.

Welcome to the News Hour.

Late today, President Trump said on social media that he's extending his ban on bombing Iran's power plants by 10 days until April 6th.

Earlier this week, he said tomorrow was the deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz

or face a resumption of attacks on energy infrastructure, which is illegal under the Geneva Convention.

Today's extension came after an hours-long cabinet meeting that included an update on what U.S. officials say are ongoing negotiations with Iran.

Lisa Desjardin has a report.

Today in the Middle East, still more civilians paying the price of war.

Emergency workers rushed to help an elderly woman in the Arab-Israeli town of Kaffir Qasim.

She had just been spared from an Iranian missile fragment, its impact imprinting a crater and flipping cars.

That strike, part of the Tehran regime's ballistic attack on central Israel today, engulfed

cars in the town of Ghana-Tikva in flames.

Rescue workers putting out the fire, revealed charred husks of vehicles.

Iranian missiles also obliterated a home nearby in Tel Aviv,

a fragment landing in a family's living room.

Israeli rescue services reported one death and 25 injuries from Iranian and Hezbollah attacks today.

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