NPR News: 02-06-2026 7PM EST
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🗓️ 7 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. Iran and the U.S. held indirect talks in Oman today as President Trump threatens to use force to compel the Islamic Republic into a deal over its nuclear program. |
| 0:14.2 | The aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln, and other warships are off the coast of Iran in the Arabian Sea. |
| 0:20.7 | The negotiations appear to be a restart after multiple rounds of talks were held last year before Israel launched a 12-day war on Iran, as NPR's Jackie Northam reports. |
| 0:30.1 | Trump had been threatening military action over Iran's brutal suppression of widespread protest, but it seems those didn't come up in today's discussions. |
| 0:38.2 | Trump has said he wants Iran to make concessions on its nuclear program and its support for |
| 0:44.5 | armed proxies such as Hamas and Hezbollah. And he wants a limit on Iran's ballistic missiles. |
| 0:50.1 | And these are the ones that were fired at Israel and U.S. targets last summer. |
| 0:54.6 | NPR's Jackie Northam reporting. |
| 0:56.7 | The Justice Department has announced charges against the main suspect in the 2020, |
| 1:00.7 | attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. |
| 1:06.2 | NPR's Ryan Lucas reports the suspect arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland overnight |
| 1:10.5 | and is now in |
| 1:11.4 | U.S. custody. Attorney General Pam Bondi identified the defendant as Zubair al-Bakouche. She described him |
| 1:17.5 | as a key participant in the 2012 attack on the U.S. Special Mission and CIA annex in Benghazi. |
| 1:23.3 | Abakush will now face American justice on American soil. We will prosecute this alleged |
| 1:30.0 | terrorist to the fullest extent of the law. Al-Bakouche faces several charges, including murder |
| 1:36.1 | of a U.S. national, material support to a terrorist resulting in death and conspiracy. |
| 1:41.7 | Two other Libyan men have already been tried and convicted in U.S. court |
| 1:45.1 | in connection with the Maghazi attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other |
| 1:49.7 | Americans. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington. Some political content creators on TikTok are |
| 1:55.5 | voicing concerns about bias in the platform's algorithm, especially since control shifted to |
| 2:00.3 | U.S. companies with ties to the |
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