Vance Iran Negotiations, Israel-Lebanon Talks, Artemis II Return To Earth
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🗓️ 10 April 2026
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More than 300 people have been killed in Lebanon since Israel's massive offensive Wednesday, with Netanyahu telling Israelis the strikes will not stop even as he says he'll open direct talks with Lebanon for the first time in history.
And the Artemis II crew splashes down near California tonight after a record-breaking trip around the moon.
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(05:30) Israel-Lebanon Talks
(09:23) Artemis II Return To Earth
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| 0:00.0 | Vice President J.D. Vance leads U.S. negotiations to end a war he reportedly never wanted. |
| 0:08.0 | President Trump says Vance gets the blame if he fails and Trump takes the credit if he succeeds, |
| 0:12.8 | which sounds like a joke, but is it? I'm Lila Faudil. That's Steven Ski, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.9 | President Trump told Israel's prime minister to, quote, go low-key in its attacks on Lebanon |
| 0:25.5 | after it killed hundreds in one day. |
| 0:28.1 | Israel agreed to negotiations with Lebanon, its neighbor and enemy since 1948. |
| 0:33.2 | But can there be progress when the Lebanese government is weak and has little control |
| 0:37.1 | over the political and armed group, Hasbalah? |
| 0:39.4 | Also, the Artemis II crew is returning from a journey around the moon. |
| 0:42.9 | They plan to splash down near California tonight after traveling farther into space than any humans in history. |
| 0:48.9 | Stay with us. We'll give you the news from around the world and a bit beyond. |
| 0:57.8 | The the news from around the world and a bit beyond. This weekend's negotiations to end the war with Iran puts some pressure on Vice |
| 1:03.9 | President J.D. Vance. |
| 1:05.2 | Yeah, Vance is to lead the U.S. team that will meet for talks in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. |
| 1:12.9 | It's a big role for an Iraq war veteran whose political brand included opposition to American wars in the Middle East. His task now is |
| 1:19.5 | to bring together two countries that have been enemies for almost half a century. NPR White House |
| 1:24.5 | correspondent Daniel Kurtzleben is covering the story. Daniel, good morning. |
| 1:32.1 | Hey, good morning. Why would the White House send J.D. Vance to negotiate? Well, you know, he's been asked how he got pulled into all these negotiations, and specifically if those previous non-interventionist |
| 1:38.4 | statements you all mentioned, if those might be a reason why he's been involved. And he's also been asked |
| 1:44.0 | if Iranians requested that he be in negotiations. Vance responded to all that by demurring, saying he'd be surprised if that's true. He really tried to downplay his role here, saying that he just thought he could make a difference, that that's why he's there. But it has been reported that Vance was initially, within this |
| 2:01.3 | administration, a loud voice against this war. So there's some logic to him playing a part in |
| 2:06.0 | trying to end it. Not to mention that if he wants to run for, say, the presidency in 2028, |
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