'The UN has agreed to work with the US and other partners on the maritime corridor as an additional route for relief to Gaza, on the condition that humanitarian principles can be ensured and that land access is also expanded,' a WFP spox says

After 'complex weeks of coordination,' Biden admin has secured an agreement with WFP to distribute aid from the pier the US military is constructing off the coast of Gaza, per senior US officials

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US is now ramping up sanctions against Israeli settlers/extremists, today announcing new ones against 2 groups and 1 individual. W/ Jennifer Hansler Kylie Atwood cnn.com/2024/04/19/pol…

New: The Biden administration has secured an agreement with a major UN agency to distribute aid from the pier the US military is constructing off the coast of Gaza—a key development as the US has rushed to finalize plans for how the aid will be distributed. That and much more

10-year-old Shahed's pink pants are unmistakeable in the carnage. She was playing foosball with her friends when she was killed in an Israeli airstrike -- one of 8 children killed in that strike on Tuesday, according to Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
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.World Press Photo of the Year by Reuters' Mohammed Salem:

USC valedictorian Asna Tabassum joined me on NewsNight tonight after her school cancelled her graduation speech citing “threats.” What she planned to say and what she thinks really happened:

The United States will reimpose sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector in response to the Maduro government’s failure to allow “an inclusive and competitive election” to take place. cnn.com/2024/04/17/pol…

Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped in 2023 in Iraq, reportedly held by Kataib Hezbollah. Her sister says Iraq’s PM holds the key to her release. “The govt is…committed to disclose the fate of that hostage” he tells me. “We will hold accountable anyone who engages in such abduction”

A source familiar confirms that the US will restrict the movements of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his delegation while they are in New York this week

The US continues to review findings of Israeli investigation into deadly strike on World Central Kitchen convoy, Matthew Miller says.

The US is engaging “with humanitarian organizations to see what questions they have,” he says.
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'It's been days since' US sent messages to Iranian government, Matthew Miller says, and there is no anticipated engagement with Iranian Foreign Minister at the UN.

Miller indicates there will be restrictions placed on Amir-Abdollahian’s movements while he is in NY this week.

Just asked Speaker Johnson if the four different foreign aid bills will be ultimately packaged together as one bill and sent to the Senate. He made clear that has NOT been decided yet. He said it’s his preference to do them individually but that is still under discussion. It’s a

.Matthew Miller says US “did not get notice from Iran” on specifics of strikes against Israel

“There were a number of conversations with foreign interlocutors over the past week. In none of those conversations did we get a notification of attack or a sense of the targets”

“[Trump] appeared to be asleep. Repeatedly, his head would fall down. ... His jaw kept falling on his chest and his mouth kept going slack.”

— Maggie Haberman describes Donald Trump appearing to fall asleep at one point during Day 1 of his New York criminal trial

NEW: The military’s additional review into the deadly Abbey Gate bombing concluded that a man troops near the gate believed to be the suicide bomber was not responsible — confusion due in part to conflated intel reporting before the attack.
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The US Embassy in Israel has lifted its shelter in place order for US government employees as “the threat of drone and/or missile barrages has diminished,” it said in a new security alert Sunday, but restriction on personnel travel within Israel remains. il.usembassy.gov/security-alert…

.Secretary Antony Blinken says he 'will be consulting with allies and partners in the region and around the world in the hours and days ahead' following the Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel.

'The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe.'

Iran has launched 100+ drones toward Israel in apparent retaliation for the Israeli strike on an Iranian facility in Damascus - follow CNN's live updates: cnn.com/middleeast/liv…