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President Trump said once again Sunday that he thinks a diplomatic end of the war with

Iran could happen soon.

But speaking with reporters on Board Air Force One, he also said it's possible those discussions

will fail.

Trump also said the U.S. is allowing a Russian oil tanker to enter Cuban waters.

Cuba's president says his country hasn't received any imports for three months and the

power sector is suffering.

But Trump said Cuba needs much more than oil.

The Russian tanker is expected to arrive on Tuesday.

A funeral was held Sunday in Beirut for three journalists killed while covering Israel's

invasion of southern Lebanon.

One of them worked for a Hezbollah-affiliated TV channel and was accused by Israel of producing

propaganda.

The killings have drawn criticism from Lebanese officials and press freedom groups.

NPR's Lorne Freire reports from Beiruts.

Colleagues and relatives carried the coffins of TV correspondent Fatima Fattuni, her cameraman

brother Muhammad Fattuni, and another veteran TV journalist Ali Shaheb, a household name

in Lebanon.

He's the one Israel says it targeted, claiming without providing evidence that he was a militant

to operating under the guise of a journalist.

The non-president called the killings a blatant crime.

The Washington-based watchdog committed to protect journalists, says it's investigating

what it calls a disturbing pattern of Israel accusing journalists of being terrorists.

A CPJ spokesperson said journalists are not legitimate targets, regardless of the

outlet they work for.

Lorne Freire and PR News Beirut.

The fighting between Iran and Israel is occurring during an important time for both Christians

and Jews.

The next week we'll see both Passover and Easter taking place, but many of Jerusalem's

holiest places are sitting empty.

The Western wall is closed to worshipers, Israeli officials say gatherings are capped

at no more than 50 people, and stores in the old city remain closed as the fighting continues.

It will be a short week ahead on Wall Street.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports that traders may welcome the break after a big sell-off last

week.

NPR's stock index fell last week as the U.S. war with Iran continued to scramble energy

markets, crude oil prices topped $100 a barrel, and gasoline prices climbed to about a dollar

a gallon higher than they had been before the war.

This coming week brings a fresh look at the U.S. job market.

We'll find out on Friday how many jobs employers added or subtracted in the month of March.

The job market has shown little movement for the last six months, but at 4.4% the unemployment

rate remains relatively low.

traders will not get an immediate opportunity to react to the jobs report.

The stock market will be closed that day for the good Friday holiday.

It's Scott Horsley and Pair News, Washington.

And your listening to NPR News.

At least 14 people were killed this weekend by paramilitary forces in the Sudanese city

of Dilling.

The Sudan Doctors Network says at least 23 other people were injured in the fighting and

some of those killed were children.

Sudan's military says it was able to stop the attack, the paramilitary forces, and the

army had been fighting for almost three years.

The area around Dilling has until recently faced a two-year siege with most supplies cut

off.

Project Hail Mary, a feel-good movie about a space forage, is still soaring at cinemas

and PR's Bob Mandello as our details.

Ryan Gosling's film about an alien encounter during a long shot effort to save Earth.

No one's ever done this before.

Took off like a rocket last weekend.

It is time to go.

I think you mean go time, pal.

And apparently the 85% of its audience that said in exit polls that they'd recommend

Project Hail Mary to a friend actually recommended it to a friend.

Where most blockbusters drop drastically after a big U.S. opening, Project Hail Mary will

finish this second weekend with another $54 million in the till.

And it's holding even better overseas.

So the worldwide 10-day total will top $300 million all before the start of next weekend's

lucrative Easter holidays, Bob Mandello, NPR News.

Gary Woodland won the PGA's Houston Open Sunday.

He finished five strokes ahead of Nikolai Hishgard.

Woodland finished the day with a 3657 and a tournament total of 21 under 259.

The win comes less than three years after Woodland had brain surgery to remove a lesion.

The one also made him eligible for the master's tournament in Augusta, Georgia, which teased

off in two weeks.

I'm Dale Woodland, NPR News.

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