News Wrap: Airstrikes rock Khartoum as another truce in Sudan collapses

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• Geoff Bennett:

  In the day's other headlines: The U.S. Marine veteran who put a fellow passenger in a fatal choke hold on a New York City subway was charged with second-degree manslaughter today.

  Daniel Penny was freed pending trial after being released on $100,000 bond. He insists he acted in self-defense. The family of the victim, Jordan Neely, said he had a history of mental illness and was not a threat.

  Clashes between Israel and Islamic Jihad raged for a fourth straight day. Palestinian militants launched a barrage of rockets toward Jerusalem. Israel later stepped up its airstrikes, bombing targets in Gaza and killing a top Islamic Jihad leader and his aide. Since Tuesday, the fighting has claimed the lives of 33 Palestinians in Gaza and one man in Israel.

  In Sudan, airstrikes rocked the capital, Khartoum, today, as another truce between the country's warring generals appeared to collapse. Late Thursday, Saudi Arabian state TV aired video of the two factions signing a deal promising safe passage to fleeing civilians. But, today, in Port Sudan, some remained skeptical.

• Alaa Al Deen Al Fadel YOUSSEF, Port Sudan Resident (through translator):

  This deal doesn't represent us in any way. It was announced to please the warring sides. The Sudanese people have nothing to do with this deal, because it does not concern them.

• Geoff Bennett:

  At least 600 people have died since violence first broke out nearly a month ago. The U.N. estimates around 200,000 people have fled to neighboring countries.

  A high court in Pakistan granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan a two-week reprieve from arrest after days of deadly protests. The opposition leader left a courtroom today surrounded by security and media. He claims the corruption charges leveled against him are made up.

  Back in this country, Twitter will soon have new leadership once again. Elon Musk named Linda Yaccarino as his successor. The NBC Universal advertising executive will take her new post in about six weeks. Musk acquired Twitter last October. The Tesla billionaire will now serve as Twitter's executive chairman and chief technology officer.

  The Congressional Budget Office says the U.S. faces a — quote — "significant risk" of running out of cash within the first two weeks of June without a debt limit increase. The warning reinforced Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's estimate of when a possible default could occur. It comes as the White House and congressional leaders postponed a meeting planned for today to break the impasse. They will now meet early next week.

  Concerns about the U.S. economy pushed stocks lower on Wall Street today. The Dow Jones industrial average lost nine points to close at 33300. The Nasdaq fell 44 points. And the S&P 500 slipped 6.

  And a passing to note. Journalist Hodding Carter III died Thursday at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was the State Department spokesman under former President Jimmy Carter — no relation — and he briefed the country throughout the Iran Hostage Crisis. A former newspaperman who championed civil rights, he often appeared on a number of news programs, including this one.

  Hodding Carter was 88 years old.

  And still to come on the "NewsHour": the public health questions that remain as the official COVID emergency comes to an end; David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart weigh in on the week's political headlines; and Tom Hanks talks about his newest credit as a novelist.