NPR News: 06-22-2026 1AM EDT

Dale Willman· Host0:01

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. UN peacekeepers say a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah appears to have halted attacks in Lebanon for the first time since the war began in March. NPR's Jane Arraf has more from Beirut.

Jane Arraf0:14

This isn't the first ceasefire since the war began on March second, but according to a UNIFIL spokesperson, it is the first day since then without a single apparent strike. That's after US pressure on Israel to stop fighting following Iran's threat to halt talks with the United States if war in Lebanon continued. Tilak Pokharel said UNIFIL recorded four hundred and thirty-one Israeli attacks and twenty strikes by Hezbollah and its allies on Saturday. He said there were still Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace Sunday despite the relative calm, and noted that the presence of Israeli forces within Lebanon was itself a violation of the UN ceasefire accords that UNIFIL monitors. Jane Arraf, NPR News, Beirut.

Dale Willman· Host1:00

High-level peace talks in Switzerland, meanwhile, have ended for the evening. President Trump is getting low marks from the American people. Trump's approval rating stands at just thirty-six percent according to the latest NPR PBS News Marist poll. NPR's Elena Moore reports.

Elena Moore1:15

Thirty-six-year-old Georgia voter Regina Kalinga backed President Trump in twenty sixteen, twenty twenty, and twenty twenty-four. But in twenty twenty-six, he's lost her support, saying Trump hasn't made good on his promises to lower costs. So she