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NPR News: 04-08-2026 4PM EDT

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. The Pakistani Prime Minister is urging

0:06.9

all parties to exercise restraint amid reports of violations of the ceasefire that the U.S.,

0:12.9

Israel, and Iran agreed to last night. As NPR's Dia Hadid reports from Mumbai, that deal

0:18.5

didn't stop Israel from carrying out some of its heaviest bombings on Lebanon

0:22.7

since the conflict began.

0:24.6

Pakistani Prime Minister Shah Bashirif did not detail a specific ceasefire violation in his post on X,

0:30.8

but there were reports of strikes in Iran and Gulf countries.

0:34.4

And in Lebanon, the Associated Press reported that Israeli forces struck over

0:38.6

100 targets in 10 minutes, killing dozens of people, including in downtown Beirut, with residents

0:45.3

filming buildings exploding on a clear blue sky day. Israel and President Trump say the war against

0:51.8

Hezbollah in Lebanon is not included in the ceasefire,

0:55.0

but the country was included in the Pakistani Prime Minister's ceasefire announcement on Tuesday.

1:00.4

Talks are expected to be held in Islamabad on Friday.

1:04.6

Diy Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai.

1:07.8

Iranian state media says Tehran's closed the straight of her moves again because of

1:12.1

Israel's continued attacks on Lebanon. Israel says Lebanon was never part of the two-week ceasefire

1:17.0

President Trump agreed to. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats will once again

1:21.8

force a vote on war powers in order to put Republicans on the record in the U.S. Israeli war in Iran.

1:29.0

Schumer says despite a fragile ceasefire, the war was a failure and that it's made geopolitical

1:33.9

conditions worse for the U.S. and its allies. And he says the costs of the war are too high.

1:39.2

Gas prices have skyrocketed in just a matter of days. They're not going to change until August, and in general,

1:48.7

the world oil markets will be unsettled for years, years from now.

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