i'm john yang.today israel signaled am answer of key components of the cease-fire proposal and said only hamas stands in the way of stopping the proposal. israel carried out air strikes in gaza and lebanon. in southern lebanon at least 10 syrian nationals were killed. in gaza 18 members of the same family died in a strike on a house and a neighboring warehouse and gazans are now facing a new threat -- polo. -- polio. one case has been confirmed and one sub suspected. it was eradicated there 20 years ago but vaccinations have plunged since the war began. >> clean, safe water, resources, solving the problem of the sewage flooding our streets and homes. >> groups hope to vaccinate more than 600,000 children in coming weeks but say at least a sen-day pause in fighting is needed to cache out a mass vaccination plan. russia is pressing its assault on ukraine. a russian missile strike damaged cars and a shopping is mall in northeastern ukraine. in russia, emergency services issued a new wave of evacuations

john yang is away. concerns of a wider conflict in the middle east are escalating.ay, iran said in a statement that it will exact "severe" revenge at the appropriate time. this after an attack in its capital killed a visiting hamas leader. iran blames israel and the u.s. the veiled threats are prompting the pentagon to send additional navy destroyers to the middle east. in the occupied west bank, israeli defense forces said it killed another hamas leader today. the idf hit a car that it says held the leader and four other palestinian militants on their way to carry out an attack. the defense department revoked a controversial plea deal that took the death penalty off the table for the accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. in a memo, defense secretary lloyd austin said responsibility for the decision should be left with him, not the official appoind to oversee the cases. prosecutors initially struck deals with khalid sheikh mohammed and two of his accused accomplices, over concerns some evidence gathered through torture would not be admissible in court. the victims

john yang is away. an israeli airstrike in gaza hit a school, killing at least 80. the strike happened during morning prayers, according to witnesses. it israeli defense forces say hamas militants were operating out of the school. hamas disputes the claim. a newly released a 911 call during the 2022 mass shooting at robb elementary school reveals a family member of the gunman tried to intervene in the shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers. records released as part of a lawsuit against the city of uvalde, texas shows the shooters uncle asked a 911 dispatcher to speak with him in an attempt to de-escalate the situation. the call came in about 10 minutes after the shooting stopped. at the paris olympics, the u.s. women's soccer team beat brazil. the first 11 title is claimed since 2012. valerie swanson's goal early in the second half put team usa on top. it now has a record five olympic gold medals and women soccer. on the track, masai russell added to the american gold medal count in a photo finish in the 100 meter hurdles. team usa picked up gold in the w

i'm john yang. of state antony blinken is in israel tonight to try to nail down a ceasefire deal, despite some hamas objections, as israel mounted fresh assaults on gaza. israeli airstrikes killeat least 29 people, including six children. israel says it was targeting hamas rocket launchers. in a cabinet meeting today, prime minister bejanmin netanyahu said he could be flexibile on some parts of a u.s.-backed ceasefire proposal, but would stand firm on others. netanyahu and blinken are to meet tomorrow, and blinken is to fly to egypt on tuesday. ukraine is ramping up military operatns in its nearly two-week-old incursion into russia. ukrainian armed forces video shows a vital bridge in russia's kursk region being hit by an airstrike. it's the second key span that's been destroyed, severely hampering russian supply lines. president volodymyr zelenskyy is asking western allies to lift remaining restrictions on using long-range western weans to strike targets deeper in russia while russia is weakened. o

john yang is away. the trump campaign says it was hacked by "foreign sources hostile to the u.s."ointed toward iran. politico was the first to report the hack, saying they began receiving emails in late july from an anonymous account with documents from inside the trump campaign. they appeared to be from a senior campaign official and were related to trump's running mate, jd vance. now fellow republicans are blaminthe biden administration, which they say has failed to hold iran accountable. >> they tried to hack is -- his campaign -- or did hack his campaign this week. they are trying to kill him and we know from the intelligence community iran doesn't want trump back. why? because he helped them -- held them accountable. stephanie: microsoft reported on friday it was aware a presidential campaign had been targeted in an attack by iranian hackers, but did not specify which campaign. the israeli military says it is searching for multiple "terrorists" after a deadly shooting in the occupied west bank. defense forces say palestinian gunmen opened fire, from inside a car, hitting two

john yang is away. israel's security minister is urging people in the country to carry weapons to defend themselves -- following a stabbing attack in the west bank. police say a palestinian militant stabbed four people in a suburb of tel aviv -- killing an elderly man and woman. the suspect was later killed by police. and in gaza today, israel conducted at least two separate airstrikes, killing dozens. overnight, a strikhit a tent area in the courtyard of a hospital. another airstrike hit two schools in gaza city. in both cases -- israel said it was targeting hamas militants. english police today are struggling to contain violent crowds after a right-wing mob tried to break into a hotel suspected of housing asylum seekers. rioters broke down barriers and smashed windows, as they clashed with law enforcement. u.k. prime minister keir starmer condemned the riots, calling it organized, violent thuggery. it's the latest episode in a series of far-right protests, following a deadly stabbing attack at a child

john yang is here with more. th just before this law was to take effect, the nebraska attorney general said in a written opinion that lawmakers do not have the authority to restore the voting rights of felons who have completed their sentences. he said only the state pardon board can do that. in response, the nebraska secretary of state told a local election officials to stop registering voters who have been convicted of felonies but not pardoned. now, the state's highest court will have the final say. nebraska is one of 26 states in the district of columbia that have stored former felons right to vote to some extent or another over the past three decades. cassidy is a senior reporter at nebraska public media. we have the oral arguments for the supreme court on wednesday. where do things stand now? cassidy: that is probably a question a lot of people are asking. there is a lot up in the air right now especially as we wait for the supreme court decision. as of right now, the secretary of state has told registration

john yang is here with more.st month just before this law was to take effect at the nebraska attorney general said an written opinion that lawmakers do not have to the authority to restore the voting rights of felons who have completed their sentences. he said only the state board and board can do that. in response the secretary of state told local election officials to stop registering voters who had been convicted of felonies but not pardon. the state's highest court will have this final say. nebraska is one of 26 states to restore the right to vote for felons. cassie, we have oral arguments for the supreme court on wednesday. where do things stand now? >> that is a question people are asking. there is a lot of up in the air right now. as of right now, the secretary of state has told the offices to stop registering people who have been convicted of felonies, whether or not they have completed the two year wait period, so the question really is where are we now for a lot of the folks that these laws apply to, fo

what would you decide to do in moscow, in washington, oregon john yang? because this all starts -- or in pyongyang. this all starts in north korea. let us get to that because you start your book with a bang. literally. you blow upp the pentagon with a one megaton thermonuclear explosion. but then like all good movies with traumatic sequence in the beginning you can back us up. you can say well, we get here? why did you choose that approach? tellbo us about what you learned and what you write about, about the beginning of the nuclear age. in some ways you're picking up where oppenheimer ends, right? what happens after the movie, after we decide todr build a hydrogen bomb? tell us thatt. you that's right, and that is so important, and you, ps2 in, know that as well, that will become from, shakespeare past is -- so how do we wind up with this may nuclear weapons? and i take the reader through that i think relatively quickly, or rather in a very sort of pared down manner so that people can see where, you know, when i begin the launching scenario. because the

. >> john: it is the yin and yang of interest rates, inflation, and the markets. tensions escalating in the middle east as iran reportedly considers a response to the killing of a hamas leader in tehran. senior fellow at the hudson institute michael durand joins us after the break. plus this. >> i think if you start working on all suspicions then we end up very much heading towards a gender testing regime which is not good for anybody. >> sandra: upper at the olympics after two athletes who failed gender eligibility tests were allowed to compete in women's boxing. everyone is talking about it. we've got a panel that's going to dig in, tomi lahren and charlie miller here to discuss. for more than a decade farxiga has been trusted again and again, and again. ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ask your doctor about farxiga. speech of the buy demonstration facing more backlash after three men accused of leaving the 9/11 attacks are now getting life sentences instead of the death penalty. the white house is denying any role in these plea deals. jen

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