NPR News: 06-14-2026 2PM EDT

Louise Schiavone· Host0:01

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ebola continues to spread with more than six hundred and seventy confirmed cases and over a hundred thirty-five deaths as response teams struggle to bring the outbreak under control. Reporter Emmett Livingstone is there for NPR.

Emmett Livingstone0:20

I'm here in Rampara Ebola Treatment Center, and I'm in an Ebola ward with doctors going from isolated room to isolated room, checking on Ebola patients. All of us are in full protective gear, which includes a bib, two layers of clothing, several layers of gloves, goggles, a mask. It's difficult to describe the level of discomfort wearing one of these suits. It's very difficult to breathe, and on top of that, the goggles fog up, so it's also difficult to see. These are the conditions under which doctors have to work. The Ebola patients themselves, some of them appear to be in a great deal of pain. We heard some people crying out. The doctors said that at a certain stage of the Ebola virus disease, the whole body aches, and it's extremely painful.

Louise Schiavone· Host1:03

That's Emmett Livingstone reporting from Auturi, the DRC. Israel has attacked the outskirts of Beirut in what it says is retaliation for Hezbollah strikes. Lebanese state media say at least three people were killed, sixteen others wounded in the airstrike on an apartment building. NPR's Jane Arraf has more from Beirut.

Jane Arraf1:24

Israel launched the airstrike as the US and Iran said they were close to signing a ceasefire agreement.