Louise Schiavone

The season's first heavy rainfall has deluged Gaza, flooding tents and hampering recovery after two years of war.

The UN says the needs are immense.

NPR's Lauren Freyer reports.

The Pope met with prominent figures from the world of cinema at the Vatican today.

NPR's Chloe Veltman reports Pope Leo delivered an address about the power of movies to bring hope and safeguard human dignity.

Millions of YouTube TV subscribers have had their news and sports programming restored after the settlement of a fee dispute between Disney and YouTube.

The standoff, which went on for roughly two weeks, had interrupted access on YouTube TV to Disney-owned networks like ABC and ESPN.

The agreement came literally hours before sports event fans were gearing up for a weekend of watching their favorite college teams meet on the gridiron.

Alphabet, which owns YouTube TV and Google, is a financial supporter of NPR.

I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, will arrive in the northern Caribbean tomorrow, according to a U.S.

military official.

NPR's Laura Sullivan has more.

The USS Gerald Ford will be joining some 15,000 soldiers and sailors already in the region.

A U.S.

military official told NPR the U.S.

is gearing up for possible military action.

saying, quote, the table is being set.

High-level meetings with members of Congress and foreign leaders are continuing, along with ongoing military exercises.