Trump's Blockade, Israel-Lebanon Talks, Hungary's Orbán Out
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🗓️ 13 April 2026
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Israel continues striking Lebanon despite the ceasefire, killing more than 100 people over the weekend including a Red Cross paramedic, even as ambassadors from Israel and Lebanon prepare to meet in Washington on Tuesday with Hezbollah telling NPR they have no intention of disarming.
And Hungary's Viktor Orbán is out after 16 years in power, with voters turning out in record numbers to oust the Trump ally and hand his challenger a landslide victory.
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(05:32) Israel-Lebanon Talks
(09:25) Hungary's Orbán Out
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump announced a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 0:06.0 | We're not going to let Iran make money on selling oil to people that they like and not people that they don't like. |
| 0:13.0 | Hours of peace talks with Iran ended without a breakthrough. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm Michelle Martin. That's A. Martinez. |
| 0:18.0 | And this is up first from NPR news. |
| 0:26.8 | Israeli strikes continued in Lebanon this weekend, even after Trump told Israel to, quote, |
| 0:31.7 | loki it. Ambassadors from Israel and Lebanon will meet face to face in Washington tomorrow. But a Hezbollah commander tells NPR the group has no intention of disarming. |
| 0:36.2 | And President Trump's strongman ally in Hungary, |
| 0:38.3 | Victor Orban is out after 16 years in power. Voters turned down in record numbers, so what does it |
| 0:42.9 | mean for Hungary's relationship with the rest of Europe? Stay with us. We've got the news you need |
| 0:46.9 | to start your day. |
| 0:57.4 | President Trump is trying to turn the screws on Iran. |
| 1:01.2 | The U.S. Navy has begun a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 1:05.0 | The move comes after U.S.-Iran peace talks failed to produce a breakthrough over the weekend. For more, we're joined by NPR National Security correspondent Greg Mirey. |
| 1:09.1 | Greg, did the president explain how exactly this |
| 1:11.6 | blockade would work? Yeah, the president didn't provide many details, but said it wouldn't take |
| 1:16.8 | long for the U.S. to, quote, clean out the strait. Now, the U.S. military central command said |
| 1:22.5 | the blockade against ships going to or from Iran took effect at 10 a.m. Monday Eastern time. Trump first announced |
| 1:30.9 | the blockade in a truth social post yesterday, then spoke about it in an interview on Fox News. |
| 1:37.3 | We're putting on a complete blockade. We're not going to let Iran make money on selling oil to |
| 1:43.0 | people that they like and not people that they |
| 1:45.7 | don't like or whatever it is. So Iran is benefiting in several ways by keeping the straight |
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