Consider This from NPR - What’s Israel doing in southern Lebanon?

Israel’s invasion in Lebanon is rapidly widening and could outlast the war in Iran.

People in southern Lebanon are living through a war within a war.

The war is of course the U-S Israeli campaign against Iran.

The war within Lebanon started with a series of strikes from the militant group Hezbollah.

They launched rockets and drones from Lebanon into Israel.

Israel responded with strikes in Lebanon.

And with that, a conflict that has flared on and off for decades reignited.

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Newshour - US President says he’s still talking to Iran

President Trump says he's negotiating with Iran's leadership to end the war, while again threatening to strike its energy infrastructure. Iran has dismissed American demands as excessive and 'illogical'. We hear from a former US army officer on President Trump's military options.

Also in the programme: Israel's parliament passes a new law introducing the death penalty for terrorists. A critic of the law tells us it's framed just to target Palestinians; and a Sex Pistol celebrates the 50th anniversary of punk rock.

(Photo: A member of the Iranian security forces stands guard next to a banner honouring former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran on 30 March 2026. Credit: ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH/EPA/Shutterstock)

WSJ What’s News - Private Credit Is in Turmoil–and Could Be in Your Future 401(k)

P.M. Edition for Mar. 30. The Labor Department proposed a new rule that would make it easier to invest in private markets through 401(k)s. It comes as investors pull money from some private-credit funds. WSJ retirement reporter Anne Tergesen explains the risks. Plus, last year OpenAI hyped up its new AI video product, Sora. So why did it abruptly pull the plug last week? WSJ tech reporter Berber Jin tells us. And the CEO of Air Canada is stepping down after he offered condolences for the LaGuardia Airport crash in English and not in French. Alex Ossola hosts.


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WSJ Minute Briefing - Nasdaq Retreats as U.S. Crude Pushes Above $100

Plus: Shares in major oil companies climbed as crude prices rose. And Sysco shares fell after a deal to buy Jetro Restaurant Depot. Katherine Sullivan hosts.


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Motley Fool Money - Bill Ackman Says Stocks Are “Stupidly Cheap”

The Motley Fool’s Hidden Gems team talks about how investors are divided about whether AI is a benefit or an existential risk for third-party demand aggregators. They also discuss the latest news from space as well as dissect comments over the weekend from billionaire investor Bill Ackman.


Jon Quast, Matt Frankel, and Rachel Warren discuss:

-The bull and bear cases for AI and 3rd party platforms

-SpaceX’s record-smashing IPO on tap

-Bill Ackman’s comments on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

-Value stocks our analysts like now


Companies discussed: Expedia (EXPE), Maplebear (CART), Uber (UBER), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FMCC), Howard Hughes Holdings (HHH), Lululemon (LULU), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOG)(GOOGL)


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State of the World from NPR - A month of the Iran war through the eyes of a writer in Tehran

For almost a month now, a twenty-eight-year old Iranian writer in Tehran has been sharing her diary entries with NPR. The entries give us a view of the war from inside Iran as it is being lived. This is her second dispatch and she expresses the complicated emotions some Iranians have about this war.

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The Journal. - The New Legal Strategy That Beat Social Media

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In a landmark case, a 20-year-old woman just beat Meta and YouTube in court. WSJ’s Erin Mulvaney explains how a new legal strategy got around a decades-old legal shield for social media companies, and how Big Tech could end up like Big Tobacco. Jessica Mendoza hosts. 


Further Listening:

- In a Landmark Trial, Zuckerberg Takes the Stand

- The Battle Within Meta Over Chatbot Safety

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The Bulwark Podcast - Bill Kristol: No Kings

Thousands of soldiers and Marines have arrived in the Middle East to potentially engage in combat on Iranian soil. Trump has done nothing to make the case for an invasion of Iran, even though he’s got plenty of time to wax rhapsodic about the patios and Corinthian columns on his ballroom project. The Republican congress may have abdicated its Constitutional obligations, but that doesn’t mean Democrats can’t raise hell: Cut your vacation short, demand a vote on the deployment of troops, and go on Fox and denounce Republicans for allowing one man to call the shots on this war—and also make a mess of our economy. Plus, the united opposition in the "No Kings" protests, the wisdom of Lincoln, and life lessons for poor Duke fans. Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.

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