A top Hamas leader killed in Lebanon as the Israeli Supreme Court blocks judicial reforms pushed by Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition government. A Japanese airliner burns on the runway following a collision at the Tokyo airport. We get an update from Kyiv as the city is targeted yet again.

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Japan, causing tsunami warnings. Israel says the war in Gaza will not slow down as the U.S. bans extremist and violent Israeli settlers from entering the country. The death toll climbs in Ukraine and Taiwan prepares for an election as Beijing watches. Closely.

Russia launched what might be the largest aerial barrage against Ukraine of the two-year old war, we’ll hear from Kyiv. The United Nations Security Council is expected to discuss Gaza again on Friday and the climate crisis is bringing unusual weather to Shanghai, and a look back at 2023 in Africa.

Dozens more are killed in Gaza as Israel reckons with their own killed and wounded soldiers. We look at the tension on Israel’s border with Lebanon and the latest from Ukraine, where Russia is accused of using chemical weapons. Plus, a caravan of migrants is headed towards the United States.

An Israeli general says defeating Hamas will still take “many months” and we look at what a post-war Gaza government could be. We get an update from Kyiv and a look at the climate crisis in the Himalayas and flooding in Australia.

The U.S. has retaliated against an Iran-back militia in Iraq following an attack on an American base there, and Ukraine has damaged a Russian Navy ship in Crimea. We look at journalists amid a culture of political misinformation and we look at the crisis facing people who need organ transplants.

We’ll experience Christmas in the war torn holy land as a new peace proposal is put forward by Egypt after a deadly night in Gaza. We visit an Estonian military base amid preparations for a larger conflict, and we stop in on the home of America's first president and experience the holiday traditions

The UN passes a security council resolution on Gaza, as half a million people there are starving. Plus, we look at Israel's existential question. We get an update from Kyiv where a drone attack struck too close to home or our reporter, and we meet an award-winning journalist from Burkina Faso.

The UN Security Council is set to meet on Thursday to discuss a cessation of hostilities in Gaza. We look at the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine as well as in Sudan. We’ll visit Estonia’s border with Russia, and North Korea threatens to use nuclear weapons.

The leader of Hamas is in Cairo for talks. The Colorado State Supreme Court rules that Donald Trump is not eligible to be on the ballot again. And we take a look at the situation in the Red Sea and Israel’s border with Lebanon, plus Poland’s border with Ukraine and Russia’s border with Finland.