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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. The Israeli Security Cabinet has approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to expand the war in Gaza. Under the plan, Hamas is to be disarmed and must return all of the hostages seized in October 23, including those who were killed. Israeli defense forces will take control of Gaza City and set up an alternative civil administration that does not include Hamas or the past. Palestinian authority. Roughly three-quarters of Gaza is already under Israeli control. President Trump is accusing India of aiding the invasion of Ukraine by buying a cheap oil from Russia. NPR's Dia Hadid in Mumbai reports that India's Prime Minister has a defiant response to Trump's threat of sanctions. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he'd never stop defending Indians.

He says, I know I will personally have to pay a heavy price for this. but I'm ready for it. India is already on a 25% tariff rate and it will hit 50% later this month if Trump goes through with his threat. He wants India to stop buying oil from Russia. Last year, India bought more than $47 billion worth. Indian officials note, the US itself imported more than $3 billion worth of goods and services from Russia. Analysts say India is vulnerable to Trump's pressure because New Delhi is keen to wrap up a trade deal. Dehade, NPN News, Mumbai. President Trump's tariffs on imports from around 90 countries

are expected to raise prices on almost everything that Americans consume. Economist Heather Long from Navy Federal Credit says companies will have to decide whether to start passing those costs along to consumers. If you're the Amazon's of the world, you've maybe been absorbing some of these tariff costs or having your suppliers absorb some of them, but that can't go on forever in what we're starting to see in this fall, is companies are saying we either have to pass those tariffs onto consumers and squeeze them

or we're going to have to turn around and lay people off in order to protect our profit margins. Long says the top 20 percent of U.S. earners are doing pretty well, but it's a very different scenario for those in the bottom 80 percent. Forecasters expect up to 18 storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season. More from NPR's Rebecca Herscher. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through the end of November, but most storms usually form during the second half known as peak hurricane season. There have been four named storms so far this year.

Forecasters expect at least nine more, of which at least five are expected to be full-blown hurricanes as opposed to tropical storms, which have less intense winds, but can still cause catastrophic flooding, even in places that are far from the coast. Last year, Hurricane Helene devastated swathes of the southeast, including areas hundreds of miles from where the storm made landfall. Rebecca Hersher reporting. This is NPR. A federal judge in Maryland

is blocking the Trump administration's effort to deny citizenship to the U.S. born children of illegal immigrants. The U.S. District Court judge Deborah Bordman issued a temporary nationwide injunction against the policy in February, but the Supreme Court overturned the decision four months later.

The justices say lower courts generally cannot issue nationwide injunctions but did not bring out class action cases and those brought by states. President Trump plans to nominate White House economist Stephen Myron to fill a vacancy on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. Myron would serve through January and a seat vacated by Adriana Coogler, who resigned to return to teaching. Trump is still searching for a candidate to hold that seat longer. A helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River Thursday, about 20 miles from St. Louis, killing two people.

Sarah Fentham has details from St. Louis. public radio. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the helicopter was carrying people doing power line work. The lightweight utility helicopter hit a power line and crashed into a barge on the Missouri side of the river. No other injuries were reported and first responders quickly put out the fire. Electric Company Amarin confirmed a contractor and subcontractor were repairing tower lighting and marker balls on power lines in the region. The National Transportation Safety Board and federal aviation officials will investigate the crash. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Fentum in St. Louis.

U.S. futures are higher in after-hours trading on Wall Street. On Asia-Pacific markets, shares are mostly lower, but up 1.8% in Tokyo. This is NPR News.