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Dan Ronan· Host0:15

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Sporadic clashes are continuing in southern Lebanon despite a new framework between the Israeli government and the Lebanese government. This to end the fighting that has devastated large parts of Lebanon. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports.

Ruth Sherlock0:35

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

Frida Nuriddin· Soundbite0:47

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 Sherlock0:56

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 Nuriddin, 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.

Dan Ronan· Host1:17

In Germany, temperatures exceeding a hundred seven degrees Fahrenheit hit a record high for a third consecutive day. As Esme Nicholson reports from Berlin, Europe's extreme heatwave is being linked