Trump Declares Early Victory, Lebanon Asks Israel To Talk, New York Protest Attack
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
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Summary
The war is widening as Israel keeps striking Tehran and Beirut, Iran continues to hit back in the Gulf, and Lebanon's president publicly accuses Hezbollah of betraying the country while signaling he's ready for direct talks with Israel.
And in New York City, two Pennsylvania teenagers are charged with terrorism after throwing explosive devices at an anti-Muslim protest, with investigators saying they were inspired by ISIS.
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(01:58) Trump Declares Early Victory
(06:15) Lebanon Asks Israel To Talk
(10:14) New York Protest Attack
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump says the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran is a success, but that the U.S. will go even further. |
| 0:08.8 | He compares the endgame to Venezuela, where the leader changed while the regime stayed. |
| 0:13.2 | How does this war end? |
| 0:14.4 | I'm Lila Faudil. That's Steven Skipe, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:21.1 | Lebanon's government is asking Israel to talk. |
| 0:24.3 | The country's president says Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into a war it did not choose. |
| 0:29.0 | Will Israel come to the table? |
| 0:30.7 | Also, New York mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks of an alleged act of terrorism. |
| 0:35.1 | New York City will never tolerate violence, whether from protests or |
| 0:39.5 | counter-protests. People were protesting the Muslim mayor. Then police say two teenagers allegedly |
| 0:44.4 | inspired by ISIS tried to deploy improvised explosive devices. Stay with us. We've got the |
| 0:50.5 | news you need to start your day. |
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| 1:19.7 | Tees and Cs apply. President Trump took questions from reporters at a press conference on Monday for the first time since the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran. The administration took several days to |
| 1:25.7 | explain what its objectives were in this war, |
| 1:28.8 | and Trump has given conflicting reasons for why he launched the strikes. |
| 1:33.2 | On Monday, he said this. |
| 1:35.0 | We're achieving major strides toward completing our military objective, |
| 1:41.2 | and some people could say they're pretty well complete. |
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