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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is in Washington as negotiations for the next phase of the ceasefire with Hamas get under way. NPR speaks with Israel's ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon.

U.N. Secretary General António Guterres was in Moscow Tuesday for talks with Russian President Putin and his foreign minister. The focus: U.N. efforts to ease the civilian suffering in Ukraine.

NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews Ariadne Spanaki, who works for the United Nations refugee agency in Kalamata, Greece, about the drowning of as many as 500 migrants last week between Libya and Italy in the Mediterranean Sea.

Five Congolese soldiers also died, and dozens of peacekeepers were wounded, in the attack on a base in eastern Congo. A U.N. official said it was the bloodiest assault on peacekeepers in 25 years.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Michaela LeCompte about her graduation, at age 29, from Montana State University Billings. She has been raising three kids by herself while taking classes.

President Trump named Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro as the interim top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., to replace Ed Martin.

More than 1,200 people have been charged for crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and investigators are building cases against more suspects.

Iran has missed a July 5 deadline to accept a U.N. package of incentives offered in exchange for a suspension of its uranium enrichment program. Under Secretary of Political Affairs Nicholas Burns says Iran is "profoundly isolated" right now, and the U.N. offer provides a way out.

Statistics compiled by the Iraqi government and the medical community say that 6,000 people were killed in May and June -- civilians who were victims of spiraling sectarian attacks. The statistics were released by the United Nations.

Ihor Brusylo, deputy head of Ukraine's President's Office, tells NPR Trump is a "peacemaker and dealmaker," while expressing hope the U.S. continues to provide aid to Ukraine.