NPR News: 06-29-2026 3AM EDT

Dale Willman· Host0:01

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Fighting has continued in southern Lebanon despite a new framework agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government. It was hoped that deal would end the fighting that's devastated large parts of that country. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports on the divided opinions in Lebanon over the agreement.

Ruth Sherlock0:19

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· Soundbite0:31

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 Sherlock0:40

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.

Dale Willman· Host1:01

In Germany, temperatures exceeding one hundred seven degrees Fahrenheit marked a record high for the third consecutive day. As Esme Nicholson reports, Europe's extreme heat wave is being linked to hundreds of deaths over the past week.

Esme Nicholson1:15

The World Health Organization says that as of Sunday, more than thirteen hundred excess deaths have been recorded in Europe since June twenty-first, underlining that heat stress is a silent killer. It warns that European homes, workplaces, and schools are not