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world Npr World 2026-04-09

Middle East Tensions Persist Despite U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Deal

Attacks continue across the Middle East despite the establishment of a two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran. Separately, tech pioneer Bill Gates is scheduled to testify in the investigation concerning Jeffrey Epstein.


Attacks persist across the Middle East despite the two-week ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran. And, Bill Gates is set to testify in the investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. <img alt="Workers clear rubble from the site of an Israeli airstrike the day before that targeted the Bir Hassan neighborhood in Beirut" src="https://feeds.npr.org/1004/undefined" /><p>Attacks persist across the Middle East despite the two-week ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran. And, Bill Gate...

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