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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The US And Iran are heading into peace talks this weekend in Pakistan, days after their host brokered a two week ceasefire. One of Iran's demands is an end to hostilities in Lebanon, where Israel has sought to wipe out Iran's allies, Hezbollah. The U.S. s demands include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. John Feiner is former principal deputy national security adviser under President Biden, and he took part in two years of talks with Iran that led to a deal to limit the country's nuclear program, a deal that President Trump upended. He talked about the prospects of this weekend's talks.
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Every negotiation with the Iranians takes maddeningly longer than you intend and than you would like. And I don't think this will be any different, especially because I think they believe they have the upper hand strategically going into these negotiations. So a good outcome to me would be an agreement to talk again at a fixed date and with some positive momentum towards extending this two week.
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CE Fire Fine on NPR is here. And now, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly confirmed that Ukrainian teams sent to several Gulf countries have helped take down Iranian attack drones. We have more from NPR's Joanna Kissis.
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Zelensky said he had seen video footage from the Gulf of Ukrainian weapons taking down Iranian shahed drones, which have struck several sites, including US Bases in the Middle east, over the last month. He did not say in which Gulf countries the Ukrainian team shot down these drones, citing security reasons. In the last couple of weeks, Zelensky has visited the region and signed defense deals with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Russia has been using shahed drones to strike Ukrainian cities nearly every night, so Ukraine has developed ways to destroy them. This includes electronic jamming as well as small, cheap interceptor drones that blow up shaheds. Joanna Kakissis, NPR News.
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Cave Months after federal immigration agents killed two people and wounded a third during ICE surge in Minneapolis, federal officials have released little information about investigations into the shootings. We have more that from NPR's Meg Anderson.
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Minnesota sued the Trump administration in March, accusing it of withholding evidence in the shootings. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is a plaintiff in the lawsuit. Anytime law enforcement takes the life of a community member, it's really important that there be a thorough and complete investigation. In the case of Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE officer, the Department of Homeland Security told npr, quote, the matter remains under investigation for Julio Sosa Solis, who was shot and survived. DHS said an internal investigation is underway for Alex Preddy, killed by Border Patrol agents. DHS said the Justice Department is leading the probe. NPR reached out to the DOJ but did not hear back. Meg Anderson, NPR News.