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Noor Rahm Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm. Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli airstrikes killed at least 60 Palestinians over the past day in areas north to south. Both were killed in central Gaza, just next to an area Israeli troops are expanding control over. The military did not respond to NPR's questions on the operation there. NPR's Aya Petraoui has more.

NPR producer Anas Baba got a first look at the debris in aftermath from the roughly 24-hour assault on Nusseirot in central Gaza. More than 100 people were wounded. Dozens of them children rushed to hospitals in the assault. Noelle Shadwan says she saw Israeli tanks on the street while bombs rained down all day and night. Israeli tanks withdrew from the area by morning, but Palestinian rescue crews say gunfire from Israeli drones are preventing them from reaching people trapped in their homes in one area

of Nusayrat. It's not only direct fire killing people. A woman and two girls were killed in a crush of people outside the only bakery open in this part of Gaza. The UN says Israel needs to allow more food aid in. Eya Patraoui, NPR News. Russia's defense minister is in the North Korean capital today for talks on military cooperation. As NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports, the U.S., South Korea, and Ukraine say that North Korean troops deployed to Russia are already in combat against Ukrainian forces.

Defense Minister Andrei Belusov said his talks with his hosts would strengthen the two countries' defense cooperation. He praised a bilateral treaty with a mutual defense clause signed in June saying it would help to stabilize Northeast Asia and create a new Eurasian security system. Belusov's North Korean counterpart, Noguang Chol, said that strengthening what he called combat friendship is a top priority. Moscow and Pyongyang have stopped denying the deployment of North Korean troops, but

they're not confirming it either. South Korea, meanwhile, scrambled fighter jets after Russian and Chinese military planes briefly entered South Korea's air defense identification zone. Anthony Kuhn in PR News, Seoul. Lawmakers in the UK voted today in favor of proposals that would make assisted deaths legal in parts of Britain. As Villa-Marx reports, the historic vote opens a route for new legislation to address this highly contentious issue.

The planned legislation would give terminally ill adults in England and Wales with just six months left to live the right to request medical help to accelerate their deaths. The government, the Prime Minister Keir Starmer, has not publicly supported this legislation, which was introduced by an ordinary lawmaker and so faced far less pre-parliamentary scrutiny than many critics have said was necessary for such a seismic shift in society. The legislation could now face several more months of debate in both Houses of Parliament before it can take effect. Villamarks reporting.

On Wall Street, the Dow is up 293 points. This is NPR News. Thousands of workers walked off the job in Italy today in a nationwide eight-hour strike against the government's budget plans. Unions oppose plan cuts in spending on Social Security, public services, and investments. The strike has affected schools, hospitals, and local transportation. Dozens of domestic and international flights were canceled. A former Pakistani Interior Minister has called for the release of a prominent journalist

who was detained on terrorism charges as he covered a crackdown on supporters of the jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan. NPR's Diya Hadid reports. The former minister spoke on a popular TV show aired on the Pakistani channel Jio. Rana Sanala says detained journalist Matheel Ajaan must be released and those who charged him should be punished. Jaan was detained Wednesday outside a hospital while reporting on casualties. That's after paramilitary forces pushed out supporters of the former Prime Minister Imran

Khan from the capital overnight. The government says nobody was killed. Khan's people say at least 20 people died. The arrest of Matheel Ajaan has triggered widespread condemnation in Pakistan. Deah Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai. This holiday weekend, AAA says gasoline prices remain at three-year lows, with the national average at $3.06 a gallon. Prices have been drifting lower since mid-summer. AAA estimates more than 70 million Americans are traveling by car over the Thanksgiving

holiday. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News.