News Wrap: Patriot Front members free on bail after arrest at Idaho LGBTQ event

Publish date: 2024-08-13

Judy Woodruff:

The resignations leave Iranian-backed groups with a majority in the Iraqi Parliament.

In Eastern Ukraine, nonstop Russian shelling blasted a chemical plant in Severodonetsk, where civilians and fighters are holed up. The provincial governor said all bridges into the city have been destroyed. Meanwhile, Ukrainian police said they are investigating the killing of more than 12,000 people nationwide since the war began.

China struggled today with new eruptions of COVID-19. Schools in part of Beijing went back to virtual learning, amid a rash of infections linked to a nightclub. In Shanghai, mass testing and some restrictions returned less than two weeks after a two-month lockdown was lifted. The city reported more than 500 new cases.

Back in this country, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against immigrants who are asking to be released from detention while they fight being deported. The decision said they have no right to bond hearings, despite claiming they face persecution back home.

And record flooding forced Yellowstone National Park to close today. The Park Service reported extremely heavy rain washed out roads, touched off mudslides and swept away a bridge. Officials closed park entrances and said they will start evacuating visitors who are already there.

Still to come on the "NewsHour": gun violence researchers investigate the root causes of mass shootings; Tamara Keith and Amy Walter break down the latest political headlines; Broadway honors its best at the first Tony Awards following the pandemic; plus much more.

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