Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Vice President J.D. Vance has arrived in Switzerland to meet with a delegation from Iran.
NPR's Rob Schmitz reports the talks were called off a couple of days ago after renewed fighting in southern Lebanon.
The meetings in Switzerland were supposed to begin on Friday but were postponed
after a heavy Israeli bombardment of southern Lebanon that killed dozens of people.
The Iranian delegation warned that talks would not advance without first addressing Lebanon.
Despite a stated ceasefire there, Israel continues to exchange fire with Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group.
Iran said it closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to these strikes, but the U.S.
Military denied Iran's claim that it was controlling the Strait.
President Trump has threatened to impose U.S.
Tolls in the shipping lane if a deal with Iran is not reached.
The talks will also include Pakistan's Prime Minister Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S.
Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Whitcoff.
Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin.
The regional governor of the southeastern city of Zaporizhia says Russian
glide bombs hit apartment buildings there, killing and injuring civilians.
Meanwhile, in his evening video address,
Zelensky said Ukrainian defense tech companies are quickly modernizing drones to strike even deeper into Russia.
He said the latest strikes hit a Russian oil refinery in western
Siberia that's 2,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, about 1,200 miles.