U.S. President Joe Biden commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day by condemning antisemitism and making the case that protests must be peaceful. Meanwhile, Israel rachets up its military action in Rafah and closes the border crossing there as peace talks in Cairo devolve. Ukraine and the U.S. claim that there has not been any increase in Russian military activity in Russia’s west, despite the announcement that Russia would begin training with tactical nuclear weapons there. The International Organization for Migration released its annual report. Plus, Myanmar before monsoon season starts. And are American troops headed to Nigeria?

Israel warns civilians to leave Rafah as a military operation appears imminent, plus possible ramifications from the Israeli shut-down of Al-Jazeera. Russia claims to be training with tactical nuclear weapons near Ukraine and Sweden prepares to host Eurovision.

VOA marks World Press Freedom Day with a conversation with the director of Reporters Without Borders. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin does not think that Hamas is planning to attack American troops. Israeli reaction to college protests, plus elections in Chad and an update from Kyiv.

Demonstrations against Israel's military action in Gaza continue around the world as police raid the protester's encampment on the campus of UCLA. Joe Biden reacts to the protesters and the politics. A look at security in Asia, plus, tomorrow is World Press Freedom Day.

Netanyahu tells Blinken the war will not stop until Hamas is destroyed. Police break up student protests at Columbia as tension grows at UCLA. Turkey looks to play a mediating role in the Middle East, an update from Kyiv and a look at the extraordinary numbers of Ukrainian and Russian casualties.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Jordan as pro-Palestinian protests rock universities in the U.S.. North Korean missile parts are found in debris in Ukraine. Heat in south Asia and American troops prepare to leave Niger, but what do they leave behind. Plus, a warning to British football fans

Hamas says it is reviewing a cease-fire plan in Gaza put forth by Israel that Secretary Blinken calls "extraordinarily generous." The ICC weighs charges on leaders of Hamas and the Israeli government for possible crimes against humanity. Plus, an update from Kyiv.

Secretary Blinken and President XI meet in Beijing, discuss Russia, Ukraine and the South China Sea. Rabbis protest in Gaza and Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court for Immunity. The Head of Parliament in Vietnam resigns over a corruption scandal and an Iranian rapper is behind sentenced to death.

Concern grows over U.S. military aid to Israel as some accuse Israel of violating the human rights of Gazans plus a look at how the aid destined to Ukraine will make a difference on the battlefield. Amnesty International releases its annual report and warns of a breakdown in international law.

President Biden signs funding bills, including the long-awaited bill giving military aid to Ukraine; The World Food Program says famine is only weeks away in Gaza, where hostages have been held for 200 days. Plus are Chinese spies working in Europe and a dove is released in the European Parliament.