Trump Declares Early Victory, Lebanon Asks Israel To Talk, New York Protest Attack

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President Trump declared victory in Iran at his first press conference since the war began, but said the U.S. could still go further and compared the endgame to Venezuela, walking back earlier calls for unconditional surrender. <br>The war is widening as Israel keeps striking Tehran and Beirut, Iran continues to hit back in the Gulf, and Lebanon's president publicly accuses Hezbollah of betraying the country while signaling he's ready for direct talks with Israel. <br>And in New York City, two Pennsylvania teenagers are charged with terrorism after throwing explosive devices at an anti-Muslim protest, with investigators saying they were inspired by ISIS.<br/><br/><em>Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a><em> to the Up First newsletter.<br></em><br>Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Rebekah Metzler, Hannah Block, Alfredo Carbajal, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle.<br>It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas.<br>Our director is Christopher Thomas.<br>We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange<br>Our Supervising Senior Producer is Vince Pearson.<br/><br/>(0:00) Introduction<br>(01:58) Trump Declares Early Victory<br>(06:15) Lebanon Asks Israel To Talk<br>(10:14) New York Protest Attack<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>