NPR News: 09-07-2026 10AM EDT

0:00Live from the NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Israel has intensified attacks in southern Lebanon despite a U.S. brokered ceasefire aimed at ending fighting with the militant group Hezbollah. The Lebanese government says at least 18 people have been killed since Sunday, including two paramedics. NPR's Jaina Raff reports from They Root. Lebanese state media and Lebanon's health ministry says Israel bombed a residential building in the town of Kaffir Rahman early Monday, killing nine people, including two children and a paramedic. The health ministry said a separate strike on a vehicle in the town killed a second paramedic. Israel has said it is targeting Hezbollah in recent attacks since out Lebanon. The Iran-backed Lebanese militia group has been fighting to push back Israeli forces. On Sunday, Israeli Air strikes destroyed a hospital in southern Lebanon. Israel said without providing proof that Hisbalo fighters were operating inside. Lebanon's president condemned the hospital attack as a

1:04dangerous escalation. Jaina Raff and NPR News, They Root. Hundreds of anti-immigrant protesters clashed with police overnight on England's South Coast where boats of migrants had been crossing the English Channel from France. NPR's Lauren Faire reports from London. The British government has condemned them as intimidating and thuggish. Hundreds of anti-immigrant protesters chanting stop the boats and shame on you. They rallied in the English coastal city of Port Smith as 140 migrants were rescued and brought ashore there without visas. Similar protesters dressed in black wearing masks, blockaded the port of Dover over the weekend, halting ferry services. Only about 5 percent of immigrants entering the UK last year came via these small boats. And the volume this summer has been lower than in the past four years. But thousands still cross annually and it's fueled support for far-right politicians here.

2:05Lauren Faire, NPR News London. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court again to clear the way for a U.S. Postal Service plan that could restrict mail-in voting ahead of the midterms. NPR's Hansi Lowong reports are ruling could come as soon as Wednesday. This is the third emergency request the trouble administration has made at the Supreme Court for the president's attempt to limit mail-in voting. This time the Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the legality of the U.S. Postal Service's plan. Under that plan, U.S. P.S. would refuse to deliver mail-in ballots to voters in states where election officials do not turn over voter lists to the mailing agency and do not have certain barcodes in their ballot envelopes. We should note U.S. P.S. is a financial supporter of NPR. A federal judge in Boston has blocked those requirements twice. After finding that U.S. P.S. has no authority to impose them on states on Zilowong and NPR News. This is NPR. Three Public and National Committee opens its first-ever midterm convention Wednesday and Dallas.

3:06The two-day gathering is aimed at rallying GOP voters and candidates ahead of the November elections. President Trump is expected to address the convention on both nights where Republicans are fighting to retain control of Congress with roughly three dozen races expected to be especially competitive. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on its way to its destination about a million miles from Earth. Joe Palka reports mission managers have begun turning on the telescope's instruments and so far. Everything looks good. The Skolba-sized observatory has a number of scientific goals. It's looking for a special kind of exploding star called a Type-1A supernova that astronomers use to study a mysterious force called dark energy. It will also search for planets around distant stars as well as galaxies far beyond the Milky Way. Critical systems like the solar panels and main antenna have successfully deployed, as has the sunshade designed to block out unwanted light. The spacecraft also completed

4:08a correction to its trajectory. The telescope should arrive at its parking place in about 90 days. After that, its five-year scientific mission will begin. Vryndt-R News, I'm Joe Palka. Hurricane Lull is closing in on Hawaii as a category three storm with sustained winds of 115 miles an hour. A hurricane warning is an effect for Kauai County where forecasters are warning of damaging winds, flooding, and mudslides through Tuesday. This is NPR News. You count on sunscreen to protect your skin, but that SPF rating on the bottle might not be exactly as advertised. So you could measure an SPF 50 at one lab and an SPF 30 at another. On the Sunday story, is it time to update sunscreen guidance? Listen now to the Sunday story from the Upfirst podcast on the NPR app.