The U.S. Secretary of Defense met with his Israeli counterpart even after Netanyahu cancels a delegation to Washington. The US and UK admonish China over cybercrime accusations, attacks on energy infrastructure continue in Ukraine and a major bridge collapses in the U.S..

The UN Security Council passes a ceasefire resolution as the Israeli defense minister arrives in Washington. Russia is still reeling from an attack at a concert hall that left 137 dead. Kyiv is again struck by Russian missiles, and a look at the Senegalese elections.

The United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to pass a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a hostage deal after Russia and China vetoed the measure proposed by the United States. Russian targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure leaves more than a million without power and at least 5 people dead.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to senate republicans amid controversy over entering Rafah, while Secretary Blinken negotiates for a possible ceasefire. Kyiv is targeted by Russian missiles during an EU summit and Kenya is still debating helping Haiti.

Israel claims 90 militants killed and 160 arrested in raid on the Al Shifa hospital. American Muslim leaders avoid White House Ramadan celebrations. Europe prepares for the Russia EU Forum as Putin threatens to take more land. Climate records are shattered, and where are people the happiest?

Famine is looming in Gaza as Biden and Netanyahu continue to disagree about Rafah. Gang violence is showing no signs of slowing in Haiti and Hong Kong passes a new, controversial security law. Plus the Ukraine Defense Contact Group is meeting in Germany and North Korea tests new missiles.

The Israel Defense Forces launch a "precise operation" in Gaza's Shifa Hospital as more cease-fire talks prepare to get underway. VOA’s Linda Gradstein has the update from Jerusalem. n an election that international election observers have dismissed as having no chance of being free or fair, President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia's election on Sunday. Robert English, an expert on the politics of Russia and the former U.S.S.R., and the Cold War director of the University of Southern California School of International Relations discusses.

Senator Chuck Schumer calls for elections in Israel. An update from Kyiv as well as developments in Africa, including the Wagner Groups latest incarnation and a growing humanitarian crisis in Nigeria. Plus, a look at Turkey’s home-grown defense industry and an international hamburger IT glitch.

Senator Shumer makes the case for an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel as political pressure on Joe Biden and Democrats increases. Russia continues its attacks on Ukraine and is also resuming one of its cold war tactics elsewhere in Europe. Plus, the U.S. is closer to banning TikTok.

Kenya puts the brakes on sending a security force to Haiti as Haiti's interim prime minister has resigned and unrest continues. Deadly Russian airstrikes in Sumy, Kryvyi Rih and Myrnohrad. Plus, a look at Kyiv’s ammunition shortage as American allies in the Pacific are also frustrated by Congress.