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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skiyavone. All eyes are on wind conditions as fire crews

work to contain major blazes in the Los Angeles area, and PR. Elise Hugh has the latest. L.A. County firefighters

say they're entering a critical stage in their six-day battle against the deadly wildfires.

The biggest, the coastal Palisades fire, is at least 11 percent contained. But the flames are

dangerously close to densely populated parts of Los Angeles, including Brentwood and the San Fernando

Valley, Cal Fire Chief Deputy Director, Annalie Berlew. We know we have not only a firefight

ahead on this incident still and on the Eaton incident, but also with the wind events that are

here with us already and coming over the coming days. She said she expects Santa Ana

wins to kick up new fires as conditions remain bone dry. The cause of these fires is still

under investigation. For NPR news, I'm Elise Hugh in Los Angeles. Seas Fire talks underway in Qatar

were the focus of today's talks between President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu. The negotiations aimed to bring about a ceasefire in Gaza after more than a

year of war. The latest talks would see Israeli hostages released in exchange for Palestinian detainees

and PR's Kat Lonsdorf as more. The two leaders discussed, quote, progress in the negotiations,

according to a brief statement from the prime minister's office. A readout from the White House after the

phone call said that Biden, quote, stressed the immediate need for a ceasefire in Gaza and return of the

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