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Russia banned social media platforms after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine and shut down many cell phone connections.

The leader of a Palestinian militia opposing Hamas has been killed.

As NPR's Aya Patraoui reports, the militia leader had been backed and armed by Israel.

U.S.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is asking fellow Republicans to stop airing their grievances in public.

The request comes amid increasing criticism of Johnson's leadership and concerns among GOP lawmakers that their party is losing public support.

It also comes amid frustration over Johnson's handling of the shutdown and the release of government files on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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A Pentagon inspector general's report concludes that U.S.

Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth put U.S.

troops in harm's way by sharing sensitive information on a pending U.S.

attack.

At issue is Hexeth's use of a messaging app, Signal, to discuss plans for the U.S.

attack on rebels in Yemen last March.

As NPR's Greg Myhre reports, Hexeth shared those messages with the journalist.

NPR's Greg Myrie reporting.

U.S.-Russian negotiations to end the war in Ukraine ended this week without any significant progress.

But NPR's Eleanor Beersley reports that Ukraine's negotiating team is preparing to soon meet with U.S.

envoys.