News Wrap: New earthquake shakes Turkey-Syria border region

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• Amna Nawaz:

  In the day's other headlines: A new late-night earthquake touched off more terror across the Turkey-Syria border region. At least three people died and more than 200 were hurt.

  It was centered in Southern Turkey and was less intense than the quake that killed 46,000 people two weeks ago, but it was still felt hundreds of miles away. Officials reported more buildings collapsed, trapping people inside.

  North Korea drew condemnation today after its latest round of missile firings. The North launched two short-range missiles into the sea off Japan. That followed the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Saturday. In response, the U.N. Security Council called an emergency meeting in New York today.

  The U.S. criticized Russia and China for opposing new sanctions.

  Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations: The council's lack of action is worse than shameful. It is dangerous. Now is the time for the Security Council to work together toward a peaceful solution on the Korean Peninsula before it's too late.

• Amna Nawaz:

  In Pyongyang, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warned the regime will keep using the Pacific as its — quote — "firing range" unless the U.S. military pulls back in the region.

  The far right government in Israel announced an overhaul of the courts today amid mass dissent. Supporters in Parliament presented the plan to give the executive branch more power over judges. Outside, tens of thousands of people blocked major highways in Jerusalem in protest. Opponents of the plan say it would up end Israel's system of checks and balances.

  The U.N. nuclear watchdog says it's asking Iran about signs of uranium being enriched to levels very near nuclear weapons-grade. A number of reports today say the International Atomic Energy Agency detected uranium at 84 percent purity at Iranian sites. It takes 90 percent purity to make a bomb. Tehran, in turn, denied the reports and accused the agency of acting in bad faith.

• Nasser Kanaani, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman (through translator):

  Raising such issues in the media, which should normally be discussed in technical communications and bilateral meetings, is a sign of the International Atomic Energy Agency moving away from professionalism and its technical status.

• Amna Nawaz:

  Iran abandoned curbs on its nuclear activities after then-President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the 2015 nuclear deal.

  In Southeast Brazil, hundreds of rescuers searched today for dozens of people missing after extreme rains. The weekend deluge killed at least 40 people. Nearly 24 inches of rain in 24 hours swamped streets, while, in rural areas, mudslides washed away and tire roads. Officials say more than 1,700 people have been displaced.

  Back in this country, classes resumed at Michigan State University a week after a mass shooting there killed three students. At the same time, students, local leaders and activists gathered outside the state capitol in nearby Lansing to demand strict new gun laws.

• Nicole Cutler, Michigan Parent Alliance:

  For too long in Michigan, parents have waited and waited for politicians to put our children's safety first, except that too many of those politicians were in the pockets of the gun lobby, while generations of children experienced the trauma of lockdown drills and, worse, actual shooting.

• Amna Nawaz:

  Three of the five students who were wounded in those shootings remain in critical condition.

  In Southern California, a suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of Roman Catholic Bishop David O'Connell. His body was found at his home in Los Angeles County on Saturday. Last night, community members held a vigil expressing condolences and reciting prayers. Bishop O'Connell was 69 years old.

  The Transportation Security Administration reports it intercepted a record number of guns at U.S. airports last year, more than 6,500. That works out to about 18 per day. The number of guns found at TSA checkpoints has been set only rising since 2010. The only exception was 2020, when travel slowed during the pandemic.

  And prosecutors in New Mexico have refiled involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin in a movie set shooting in 2021. He will now face a maximum 18 months in prison, instead of five years, if he's convicted. His lawyers argued the longer sentence requirement became law only after the shooting. Baldwin was rehearsing with a revolver that turned out to contain real bullets when it went off and killed a crew member.

  Still to come on the "NewsHour": despite nationwide rejection election, deniers hold critical positions in Republican politics; actor Michelle Yeoh discusses her Oscar-nominated performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once": animal shelters struggle as many pets adopted during the pandemic are returned.