Caitlin McCabe

It's part of the kingdom's push to attract expats, but as Middle East correspondent Omar Abdel-Baki explains, the process of actually buying booze at the only known liquor store in the country's capital, Riyadh, remains a bit unusual.

According to analysts and people familiar with the Saudi rulers' thinking, more changes could be in store, including allowing alcohol at new resorts popping up along the Red Sea.

And that's it for What's News for this Friday morning.

Today's show is produced by Hattie Moyer and Daniel Bach.

Our supervising producer was Sandra Kilhoff.

And I'm Kaitlin McCabe for The Wall Street Journal.

We'll be back tonight with a new show.

Until then, have a nice weekend and thanks for listening.

A controversial U.S.

boat strike takes a new turn, as an admiral plans to tell lawmakers that two survivors were trying to continue their drug run.

Plus, we dig into why Europe's ambitious green energy plans delivered emissions cuts, but none of the economic benefits.

And the billionaire class is booming, with a new study showing the world has more mega-rich than ever before.

It's Thursday, December 4th.

I'm Caitlin McCabe for The Wall Street Journal, and here's the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

Now we begin with a journal exclusive that a senior U.S.

commander is expected to tell lawmakers that the two survivors of a controversial boat strike were attempting to continue their drug run.

Details of the September strike have emerged as a matter of concern for Congress.

They are seeking information about the role that Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley played in continuing to target the two survivors, along with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, on whether the operation violated the laws of war.

Hegseth has told reporters that Bradley ended up firing another round of missiles at the two survivors to sink the ship, destroy the drugs, and kill the alleged narco-terrorists.

Journal correspondent Shelby Holliday explains why that is proving so controversial.