Lauren Frayer

That on the agenda is a trip, as far as we know, to California to meet his son, Prince Harry, or, despite what one member of Congress has asked for, a meeting with any of Jeffrey Epstein's victims.

You'll remember the king's own brother settled a lawsuit with an Epstein victim, denies wrongdoing, but was stripped of his title prince and is under investigation.

We'll see if protesters turn up on your side of the pond over that.

You're welcome.

The latest arson attack left minor smoke damage at a North London synagogue.

Jewish charities and ambulances have also been targeted.

And the UK's chief rabbi says the violence is gaining momentum.

Police have boosted patrols and several people have been arrested for alleged hate crimes.

Counter-terrorism officials now say they're investigating whether these attacks, as well as another against a Persian-language Iranian opposition media outlet, could be the work of Iranian proxies.

There has been an online claim of responsibility from a little-known group Israel accuses of having links to Iran.

In the past, it's also claimed attacks against synagogues in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.

There we go.

Big water.

We're at T-minus five.

The Lebanese Red Cross says its paramedic Hassan Badawi suffered a direct strike by an Israeli drone while carrying out his humanitarian duty during an emergency response mission in Bint Jebel near the Israeli border.

The area has been under invasion by Israel, which calls it a Hezbollah stronghold.

The Red Cross notifies the Israeli military via United Nations peacekeepers whenever it sends out an ambulance team.

Lebanon's health ministry called Badawi's killing a violation of international humanitarian law.

Human rights groups call Israel's repeated killing of medics here a war crime.