{"id":209831,"date":"2026-05-05T19:24:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-urges-hezbollah-to-act-nicely-and-well-as-israel-lebanon-ceasefire-begins-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T19:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:24:49","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-urges-hezbollah-to-act-nicely-and-well-as-israel-lebanon-ceasefire-begins-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-urges-hezbollah-to-act-nicely-and-well-as-israel-lebanon-ceasefire-begins-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president urges Hezbollah to act \u2018nicely and well\u2019 as Israel-Lebanon ceasefire begins – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump says 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon will be followed by a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese leaders next week \u2013 key US politics stories from 16 April at a glance
Donald Trump<\/a> has announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon<\/a> to be followed by a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese leaders next week, in a deal that it is hoped will bring progress toward a parallel peace agreement between the US and Iran.
The ceasefire took effect at midnight on Thursday in Lebanon, where Israel<\/a> has been conducting devastating airstrikes<\/a> aimed at wiping out the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia.
The US president provided few other details, apart from the start time and length of the agreed truce. He later told reporters: \u201cAt the right time I would visit Lebanon<\/a>.\u201d
The Israeli occupation is likely to be the subject of talks that Trump said would take place in Washington next Tuesday between Joseph Aoun and Benjamin Netanyahu \u2013 the first Israeli-Lebanese summit in decades.
\u201cI hope Hezbollah acts nicely and well during this important period of time,\u201d Trump posted on his Truth Social platform from Air Force One in advance of a public event in Las Vegas. \u201cIt will be an [sic] GREAT moment for them if they do. No more killing. Must finally have PEACE!\u201d
Trump has announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon to be followed by a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese leaders next week, in a deal that it is hoped will bring progress toward a parallel peace agreement between the US and Iran.
The ceasefire took effect at midnight on Thursday in Lebanon, where Israel has been conducting devastating airstrikes<\/a> aimed at wiping out the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Iran<\/a>\u2019s energy infrastructure is \u201cnot destroyed yet\u201d and the US is \u201clocked and loaded\u201d to finish the job, Pete Hegseth<\/a>, the defense secretary, said on Thursday as he called many of the press corps gathered the moral equivalent of the Pharisees who conspired to destroy Jesus Christ.
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Trump\u2019s design for the triumphal arch he wants built at an entrance to the nation\u2019s capital moved a step forward on Thursday after a key agency reviewed the proposal for the first time. The arch is one of several projects that the Republican president is pursuing alongside a White House ballroom to leave his lasting imprint on Washington DC.
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Pope Leo XIV<\/a>\u2019s comments mark the latest back-and-forth in his almost week-long feud with the White House over the US-Israel war on Iran. The first American-born pontiff did not mention Trump by name, but used his speech in Cameroon on Thursday to denounce world leaders that invoke religion to justify violence against other nations.
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Trump has selected Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bringing to an end a months-long search for a permanent head of the troubled public health agency.
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Vaccines and public health dominated a frequently contentious hearing with Robert F Kennedy Jr<\/a> on Thursday before the US House ways and means committee.
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The Trump administration<\/a> has moved to formally enlist foreign governments in a sweeping reorientation of global development policy, directing US diplomats worldwide to seek official support for a \u201ctrade over aid\u201d declaration before its introduction at the United Nations later this month. This would mean a move away from direct aid to poor nations in favor of increased trade, led by private companies.
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The US House of Representatives<\/a> on Thursday approved legislation to shield 350,000 Haitians from deportations for three years, a rare bipartisan rebuke of Trump\u2019s mass deportation agenda enabled by a small group of Republican defectors.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A Texas court interpreter who was arrested by ICE after living in the US for more than 35 years is speaking out from detention<\/a><\/strong>, saying she has been \u201ctreated like a criminal\u201d and fears being deported to a country where she has never been.
Justin Fairfax, a former lieutenant governor of Virginia whose tenure was upended by allegations of sexual assault<\/a><\/strong>, shot and killed his wife Cerina Fairfax on Thursday before killing himself, police said.
Hundreds of previously redacted records reveal how Amazon has put pressure on independent sellers using its platform into raising their prices on the sites of competitors such as Walmart and Target, so that Amazon can appear to have lower prices, California authorities allege<\/a><\/strong>.
The US Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Eric Swalwell<\/a><\/strong> <\/a>following his resignation from Congress, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Utah has emerged as a major center of measles infections in the US<\/a><\/strong>, as an outbreak that has been building for some time continues to expand.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 15 April 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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