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French President Emmanuel Macron today accused the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah

of killing a French UN peacekeeper in Lebanon.

And Piers-Alanow Weiss has more.

Florian Montario was killed in what Macron described as an attack on the UN's peace service. Three additional

soldiers had been injured as well. McCrone said, quote, everything suggests that Hezbollah

was behind the attack. The accusation against the group comes just a day into the 10-day ceasefire

between Israel and Lebanon. The Israeli military says it has conducted

strikes against a threatening target in Lebanon. More than a million people in Lebanon have been

forced out of the south of the country where Israel is trying to create a buffer zone to prevent

Hezbollah from firing rockets into northern Israel.

Alana Wise, NPR News.

The Treasury Department says it's extending a one-month pause on sanctions against Russian oil

to tamp down global energy prices amid the war with Iran.

That reverses an announcement earlier this week by Treasury Secretary

Scott Bessent ruling out such a move. And Pierce Charles Mainz has more. The Trump administration

first introduced the sanctions waiver in March, part of an attempt to level out global energy prices

amid the war in Iran. The policy's extension effectively allows countries to legally purchase, previously sanctioned Russian oil for the second month in a row. The policy's extension effectively allows countries to legally purchase previously sanctioned

Russian oil for the second month in a row. The Kremlin's U.S. envoy, Kriel Demetriv, said the move

amounted to an acknowledgement of the crucial role of Russian energy in maintaining the stability

of the global economy. Demetri have predicted more than 100 million additional barrels of

Russian oil would soon reach global markets.

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