News Wrap: Judge says Trump’s right to free speech is ‘not absolute’ in election case

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• Amna Nawaz:

  In the day's other headlines: A federal judge in Washington overseeing the election conspiracy case against former President Donald Trump warned that his right to free speech is — quote — "not absolute."

  U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed to a limited protective order banning Mr. Trump from publicly disclosing sensitive evidence in the case. She said that will help protect witnesses and prevent interference in the trial.

  FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is in a New York jail tonight. A judge revoked the disgraced cryptocurrency mogul's bail for allegedly tampering with witnesses at least twice in the run-up to his October trial. The 31-year-old has been charged with orchestrating one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. history. He'd been under house arrest at his parents home in California.

  In Syria, Islamic State gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Syrian soldiers overnight, killing at least 20 people. It happened in the eastern town of Mayadin, which is split in control between Syrian troops and Kurdish fighters. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ISIS has ramped up attacks in recent months in areas it once controlled.

  Russia and Ukraine exchanged a fresh wave of aerial attacks today. In Kyiv, Ukrainian air defenses shot down a Russian missile that broke up and landed near a children's hospital. No casualties were reported. Meanwhile, Russia said it intercepted a Ukrainian drone on the western outskirts of Moscow. Blurry video caught the moment of impact as it startled witnesses nearby.

• Maria Ivanova, Eyewitness (through interpreter):

  My heart is still pounding. I was going to work when a forceful explosion happened. The tarmac shook. The shockwave was so strong that it almost blew my clothes off. I was shocked. I ducked down, looked up and saw an enormous explosion.

• Amna Nawaz:

  Back in Kyiv, President Zelenskyy announced he's firing the directors of all of Ukraine's regional army recruitment centers to crack down on corruption. The country's Security Services recently revealed more than 100 criminal cases had been opened against recruitment officials suspected of taking bribes.

  The U.N. announced it has finished transferring more than a million barrels of oil from an aging tanker near Yemen. The ship is moored off the war-torn country's Red Sea coast. Last month, an international team began pumping the oil to another ship amid warnings that the decaying vessel could leak or explode and cause a massive environmental catastrophe.

  Tens of thousands of early-career doctors in England have walked off the job again in a fifth round of strikes. They're demanding a 35 percent pay hike which they say will restore their salaries back to 2008 levels. But the government is only offering 6 percent. The National Health Service says the strikes could cost them more than a billion dollars by the time doctors resume work next Tuesday.

  And stocks were mixed on Wall Street today. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 105 points to close at 35281. The Nasdaq fell 76 points. And the S&P 500 slipped five.

  Still to come on the "NewsHour": Republican presidential candidates make their pitch to Iowa voters at the state fair; David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart weigh in on the week's political headlines; chronicling the history of hip-hop on its 50th anniversary; plus much more.