News Wrap: Russian drone attacks kill 4 in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geoff Bennett:

In the day's other headlines: Israel's military suspended leave for all combat units, in case Iran retaliates for an airstrike in Damascus that killed two Iranian generals.

Prime Minister Netanyahu defended that strike and warned that Israel won't hesitate to do it again.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister (through interpreter):

For years, Iran has been working against us directly and through its proxies, and, therefore, Israel is working against Iran and its proxies. We will act according to the simple principle that whoever hurts us or plans to hurt us, we will hurt them.

Geoff Bennett:

And, in Iran, state media reports suspected Sunni Muslim militants attacked Iranian security forces, leaving 27 dead. It happened in a province in Southeastern Iran. Officials said the militants struck in Chabahar and Rask, trying to seize Revolutionary Guard headquarters.

Russian drone attacks on Ukraine's second largest city claimed the lives of at least four people overnight, including three rescue workers. Police video showed one of the explosions as drones hit two apartment buildings and a power plant in Kharkiv. Firefighters worked in the predawn dark to extinguish the flames. Ukraine says the Russians are deliberately firing drones in pairs, the first to cause damage and the second to target emergency crews.

In Taiwan, the death toll rose to 10 after Wednesday's powerful earthquake, and rescuers spent another long day searching for the missing and stranded. Search teams found one body on a hiking trail in a national park. Some 50 others had been cut off on a highway in that park.

David Chen was one of them and was reunited with his family today.

David Chen (Earthquake Survivor):

I am lucky to survive this disaster. We were terrified, especially when the earthquake first happened. We thought it was all over. And that place, the place we all knew, I had been there for many years. It was prone to rockfalls.

Geoff Bennett:

Nearly 1,100 people were injured in that quake, and about 700 people were still stranded today.

Here at home, a federal judge in Florida refused to dismiss the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. He had argued the material was personal, so he could legally keep it. And a Georgia judge rejected Mr. Trump's bid to dismiss an election interference case on First Amendment grounds. The judge ruled that — quote — "Even core political speech is not impenetrable from prosecution if allegedly used to further criminal activity."

A federal court ruling in California means thousands of migrant children have to be moved out of open-air border camps and into indoor safer facilities, and soon. The ruling came late Wednesday and puts new pressure on Customs and Border Protection. The agency says it has greatly increased capacity at processing centers in San Diego, but can't keep up with the demand.

President Biden moved today to beef up job protections for federal workers in case former President Donald Trump wins in November. It's a response to a Trump promise to radically reshape the federal work force. The new regulations bar career civil servants from being reclassified as political appointees, which will make them harder to fire.

And on Wall Street, stocks sank after a top Fed official voiced new concern about persistent inflation. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 530 points to close below 38597. The Nasdaq fell 228 points. The S&P 500 dropped 64.

And still to come on the "NewsHour": what you need to know about the uptick in cases of bird flu in farm animals and the risk to humans in the U.S.; a look at how the Biden and Trump campaigns are raising and spending their advertising dollars; and a new documentary captures the story of a journalist's gender transition while embed with the Taliban.