News Wrap: ISIS claims throat-slit slay of Catholic priest in France

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• HARI SREENIVASAN:

  In the day's other news: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the brutal killing of a Catholic priest in France. It happened in a small town outside Rouen, in the country's Normandy region. Two knife-wielding men took hostages during a mass, and cut the throat of the 86-year-old priest before they were killed by police.

  President Francois Hollande called it a vile terrorist attack.

• PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE, France (through translator):

  We must stand together. The Catholics were the ones who were hit, but this targets all the French. And that is why we must stand in cohesion, together, in a bloc that no one can break. Today, we must be aware that the terrorists will stop at nothing, unless we stop them.

• HARI SREENIVASAN:

  A nun who witnessed the attack said the militants gave a sermon in Arabic, and filmed the murder of the priest.

  The people of Japan awoke today to — after the country's worst mass killing since World War II. A man with a knife killed 19 people as they slept, and wounded 25 others at a home for the mentally disabled west of Tokyo. The suspect had worked at the facility before being let go, and news accounts said he'd written to parliament, warning of his plans and demanding that all disabled people be put to death. He gave himself up after the killings.

  The prime minister of Australia has ordered an investigation of alleged abuse at a juvenile detention center. Graphic footage emerged Monday, showing aboriginal youths being tear-gassed and stripped naked. Human rights activists accused the government of ignoring the issue for years, but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull denied that and insisted there's been a cover-up.

• MALCOLM TURNBULL, Australian Prime Minister:

  The real challenge now is to get to the bottom of what has happened. We need to know what has happened, why it happened, why it was able to happen, what is the culture that enabled this to occur, what lessons we learn from it, and how we can ensure it never, ever happens again.

• HARI SREENIVASAN:

  The abuse was detailed in a documentary by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was filmed largely in Darwin, between 2010 and 2015.

  Back in this country, a federal judge has given initial approval to a $15 billion settlement over Volkswagen's emissions cheating. The deal gives owners the option to have the company buy back their cars. But they can also opt out and pursue their own lawsuits. Volkswagen still faces billions in fines and penalties, and possible criminal charges.

  On Wall Street, stocks struggled to make headway for a second day. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 19 points to close at 18473. The Nasdaq rose 12 points, and the S&P 500 added a fraction.

  And the first solar-powered round-the-world flight finished today where it began. Solar Impulse 2 landed in the early morning hours in Abu Dhabi, 16 months after it first took off. It made 16 stops along the way, and flew some 25,000 miles all without using any fuel. The plane weighs roughly as much as a minivan, and is powered by more than 17,000 solar cells.