News Wrap: Russian strikes on civilian areas in western Ukraine kill at least 5 people

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• Amna Nawaz:

  In the day's other headlines: Russia staged its heaviest strike yet on civilian areas of Lviv in Western Ukraine, killing at least five people.

  Cruise missiles hit an apartment building in Lviv, just 43 miles from the Polish border and far from the eastern front. Drone footage showed the roof blown off the apartment block and the top floors destroyed. Residents watched from the ground as rescuers worked to clear the rubble.

  There's word that Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Russia after all. He staged a short-lived rebellion last month, before the president of neighboring Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, negotiated a deal to take him in. But, today, Lukashenko made comments that raised new questions about that deal.

  Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus (through translator): As for Yevgeny Prigozhin, he is in St. Petersburg. Where is he this morning? He might travel to Moscow or he might be elsewhere, but he's not on Belarus' territory.

• Amna Nawaz:

  Its unclear if Prigozhin would be violating the terms of his agreement if he is in Russia. The Kremlin today had no comment on his whereabouts.

  A toxic gas leak in South Africa killed 17 people, including three children, last night at a settlement outside Johannesburg. Today, police removed large canisters filled with nitrate gas from the site. They blamed an illegal gold processing operation for a tragedy that shocked local residents.

• Nyameka Thwesha, South African Resident (through translator):

  We knew that illegal miners used generators in their trade. We had no idea that they also used gas, so we never expected something like this to happen. This has affected everybody in a big way because innocent people lost their lives.

• Amna Nawaz:

  Makeshift gold mining and processing is a dangerous, yet common operation in the deeply impoverished settlements around Johannesburg.

  Back in this country, former President Trump's valet pleaded not guilty today to helping hide classified documents. Walt Nauta left the federal courthouse in Miami after an arraignment that lasted just a few minutes. He did not speak to reporters. Prosecutors say Nauta moved boxes of documents before a search of Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and then lied about it.

  The Food and Drug Administration has fully approved the first drug to slow cognitive decline in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Today's endorsement of Leqembi opens the way for Medicare and other insurance to pay for the Japanese-made drug. A large-scale study showed it can slow memory and thinking decline by five months in Alzheimer's patients.

  And, on Wall Street, stronger-than-expected jobs data prompted concerns that it will take even more interest rate hikes to slow the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 366 points, or 1 percent, to close at 33922. The Nasdaq fell 112 points. The S&P 500 was down 35.

  Still to come on the "NewsHour": residents in the West Bank struggle to recover from an Israeli military operation; a Republican senator blocks confirmation of military posts over abortion policy; the FDA clears a drug that could help pregnant women gauge their risk of a dangerous condition; conservationists work to bolster the dwindling population of northern right whales.