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From the New York Times, it's the Headlines.
I'm Tracy Mumford.
Today's Wednesday, October 23rd.
Here's what we're covering.
So I am on Secretary of State Blinken's plane right now and we're taxiing to depart from Tel Aviv to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Earlier this morning, as we were getting ready to leave our hotel and Tel Aviv, air raid sirens sounded in the city and all the guests in the hotel, including Secretary Blinken, were rushed down to shelters.
As it happened, there were no explosions in the area, but it reflected the tension that so much of Israel is feeling right now as its conflicts escalate throughout the region.
My colleague Michael Crowley is traveling with Blinken on his latest Middle east tour, where Blinken is pushing Israel on a truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon and once again for a ceasefire in Gaza.
This is Secretary Blinken's 11th trip to the Middle east since October 7th, and there's frustration among US officials that these visits have not been as effective as they had hoped.
Among other things, the US Tried for many months to prevent the conflict in Lebanon from escalating into the wider war that it's now become.
And now, of course, we're just a couple of weeks away from the US Election, and I think there's a feeling that that limits America's leverage as Israel is able to wait out the election and see whether it might have another president to deal with, potentially Donald Trump, who could be more forgiving toward Israel's military activities in the region.
A new report shows that abortions in the United States have increased since Roe v.
Wade was overturned, even in states with tight restrictions.
The study is the most comprehensive look at abortions since the ruling.