Author: PBS NewsHour

Sunday marks one week since Israel began daily “tactical pauses” of fighting in parts of Gaza to allow more aid into the territory. But humanitarian groups say supplies are only trickling in, with violence continuing to kill aid-seekers as the hunger crisis worsens. Ali Rogin speaks with United Nations humanitarian office spokesperson Olga Cherevko about what she’s been seeing inside Gaza. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Sunday, Russia and Ukraine traded strikes while Zelenskyy announced the countries agreed to a large prisoner exchange, the Senate left D.C. for the summer, the Smithsonian said the administration did not ask them to remove mentions of Trump’s impeachments from an exhibit, former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith is under investigation, and Pope Leo XIV led Mass at the Jubilee of Youth. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli forces killed at least 10 people after opening fire near two aid distribution sites in Gaza, Russia claims it captured a village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, former Colombian President Uribe was sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and bribery, and four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In July, a three-country deal released 238 Venezuelan migrants the Trump administration had rounded up and sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. Now, some of the freed men are speaking out about the physical and psychological abuse they endured while locked up. Ali Rogin speaks with ProPublica reporter Melissa Sanchez for more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Friday, Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler resigned early, giving President Trump a position to fill, Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to one in Texas, Russia launched its deadliest air assault on Kyiv in over a year and El Salvador will lengthen presidential terms to six years and remove term limits. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S. and Israeli-backed humanitarian aid initiative, has been delivering aid into Gaza since May. But since then, the U.N. says hundreds of Palestinians have been killed outside of GHF aid sites. Nick Schifrin spoke with former security contractor Anthony Aguilar about what he saw there and why he believes the execution of the GHF mission has failed. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Thursday, the White House says President Trump is sending two officials to inspect food distribution in Gaza after dozens of Palestinians have been killed while trying to get aid, Ukraine says Russian drone and missile attacks overnight killed at least 13 and Delta is investigating an incident of 'significant turbulence' that sent dozens of people to the hospital. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

A late-night congressional vote fell short of the number needed to block weapons sales to Israel. But in a dramatic shift, more than half of Democrats supported the measure, reaching its highest level of support to date. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and was one of those yes votes. She joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The Trump administration is trying to discredit the intelligence assessment that concluded Russian President Putin ordered a campaign to interfere in the 2016 election with the intent of helping elect Trump. Contrary to almost all intelligence findings, Trump and his aides allege a conspiracy by the Obama White House. Geoff Bennett discussed more with former CIA analyst Michael Van Landingham. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

A major earthquake off the coast of Russia set off widespread tsunami alerts and evacuations all across the Pacific. It was the strongest quake on the planet since 2011, and the sixth largest ever recorded. Moderate tsunami waves reached the shores of Hawaii and the West Coast. Most of the damage has been minor and without serious injuries. Stephanie Sy reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders