NPR News: 07-09-2026 3PM EDT

Lakshmi Singh· Host0:01

Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The US and Iran traded strikes for a second day after President Trump said on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Turkey this week that the ceasefire was over. NPR's Emily Feng is in Tel Aviv monitoring the latest outbreak in hostilities.

Emily Feng0:17

Despite the strayed in fire and Trump's comments that the ceasefire is over in his eyes, Trump did not rule out more talks with Iran, but both the US and Iran seem to be playing hardball with each other, and they seem to be waiting for the other country to back down first yet again. Iran's top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, wrote on X, the social media site, after the second day of US strikes began, and he was warning, quote, "If you strike, you will get hit," and he wrote that the Strait of Hormuz would only fully reopen on Iranian terms.

Lakshmi Singh· Host0:49

In Iran today, [crowd chanting] mourners filled the streets of Mashhad and waved Iranian flags as they prepared to bury Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was killed on the first day of the US-Israel war with Iran in late February. David Hern has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The former US Olympic canoeist made his appearance in court in Washington, DC. Jacqueline Diaz reports.

Jacqueline Diaz1:18

In a crowded, stuffy courtroom today, Hern's attorney entered his not guilty plea. Hern sat between two defense attorneys and kept his comments to a minimum. But outside-