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The US Is waiting for Iran's response to its latest proposal to end the war. Here's CNN's Jeremy Diamond on where things stand.

The Tasnim news agency in Iran is reporting that Iran has not yet reached a final conclusion and no response has been given to the American side, that they are still reviewing the messages that have been transmitted from the United States by the Pakistani mediators. That's the latest reporting from inside Iran. Our understanding of this situation in the last 24 hours has been that both sides seem to be moving towards an agreement. And one of the reasons for the delay that we know exists is because Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, has been in hiding, basically, since the moment that he became the supreme leaders. And it's taking time for messages to get to him in this underground bunker where he appears to be hiding.

'According to local media, Iran's president said he met with Iran's supreme leader for two and a half hours without specifying when it took place. Meanwhile, Israel said it killed a top Hezbollah commander in the southern suburbs of Beirut in the first strike in the Lebanese capital since the ceasefire in Lebanon took effect. The Iran-backed militant group has yet to confirm the alleged killing. It comes as a U.S. State Department official and an Israeli source say a third round of talks between Israel and Lebanon is set for next week.

More new coming up, including a man sentenced in connection to a fire bombing attack last year.

The man charged in a deadly firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, last year, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Today, Mohamed Sabry Soliman pleaded guilty to killing one person and injuring a dozen others. He pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges for the attack. His attorneys say prosecutors are weighing whether to seek the death penalty in the federal case. Authorities say Soliman threw two Molotov cocktails at demonstrators at a pedestrian mall while they were supporting Israeli hostages in Gaza. Investigators allege he planned the attack for a year and was driven by a desire, quote, "to kill all Zionist people." Today in court, Suleiman, an Egyptian national who federal authorities say was living in the U.S. Illegally, apologized to the victims and said he wasn't looking for leniency.

'A federal appeals court appears ready to reject Defense Secretary Pete Hecset's effort to punish Democratic Senator Mark Kelly over his call to US Service members to refuse illegal orders. Both President Trump and Hexseth have attacked Kelly over a video posted last November. A majority of judges on a three-member panel spent more than an hour and a half throwing cold water on arguments pushed by the Justice Department to revive Hegseth's plans. Kelly sued Hegseth in January after the defense secretary announced the Pentagon would pursue administrative action against him, including reducing his last military rank and issuing a letter of censure. Today's court debate is mainly about how much First Amendment protection retired service members have over speech directed at serving members of the military. Here's Kelly speaking to media after the hearing today.

They're trying to send a message to other retired veterans, and really, to all of us. If you say something that the president or this administration does not like, they're going to come after you. The president is trying to silence us.

Now to the latest on the nationwide redistricting fight. Republican lawmakers in Tennessee approved a new US House map that breaks up a majority black district in Memphis, which is also the only district held by Democrats. The new map went to Republican Governor Bill Lee, who promptly signed it into law. Shouts from protesters flooded the halls where Tennessee state troopers held them back. Their chants of "No Jim Crow" could be heard inside both chambers. The legislature's Republican House speaker says the proposed districts were drawn based on population and politics, not racial data. But Democrats, such as State Representative Gloria Johnson, say, yeah right.

You know, they're calling this a special session. I'm calling it a white power rally because it is a power grab from white supremacists who want to take the voices away from black voters in Shelby County.

Tennessee is the first state to pass new congressional districts since the Supreme Court ruling last week significantly weakened Federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities.

Coming up, a legal fight over sun loungers.

A German tourist has been awarded about $1,100 in a lawsuit over sun loungers. The man who hasn't been identified said the lounges weren't available as early as six in the morning. He was in Greece vacationing with his family in the summer of 2024. He said guests often ignored signs prohibiting reserving sun lounders with towels and then leaving them. He reported the issue to his tour operator but was informed that it was the hotel's responsibility to enforce the house rules. He also tried to contact hotel staff to no avail. Judges ruled in the man's favor against the tour operator over the inconvenience.

That is it for us. Our next episode drops tomorrow morning.