NPR News: 06-28-2026 1PM EDT

Nora Raum· Host0:00

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rom. Iran's paramilitary revolutionary guard said today it launched drone and missile attacks against Bahrain and Kuwait to retaliate for US airstrikes against the Islamic Republic. The attacks come despite the memorandum of understanding signed earlier this month designed to bring about an end to the war. Iran is threatening to withdraw from the negotiations. Sporadic clashes have continued in southern Lebanon despite a new framework agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government to end the fighting that has devastated large parts of Lebanon. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports on the divided opinions in Lebanon over that agreement.

Ruth Sherlock0:43

Some accept the framework agreement because they want the war to end at all costs. Others, like Frida Nuruddin, says it's a capitulation. She calls it the sale of South Lebanon.

Frida Nuruddin· Soundbite0:55

They are selling south, and they give the, uh, Israeli part to do whatever they want. So that's why we came here to say no.

Ruth Sherlock1:04

The deal would have the Iran-backed militant group, Hezbollah, disarm before Israel leaves parts of south Lebanon that it has occupied. Hezbollah has rejected the deal entirely. And Nuruddin, who's from the south, says she doesn't believe that in practice Israel would withdraw from the land it holds. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, Beirut.

Nora Raum· Host1:25

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