News Wrap: Israel targets eastern and southern Lebanon with more deadly airstrikes

In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 16 people in Lebanon and Gaza, a patient in California is being treated for a new form of mpox first seen in eastern Congo, prosecutors allege Sean “Diddy” Combs is trying to obstruct justice while awaiting trial in jail, and a much-hyped boxing event between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul was marred by Netflix streaming glitches.
William Brangham:
Good evening. I’m William Brangham. John Yang is away. Israeli troops have reached their deepest point inside Lebanon since Israel invaded its neighboring nation six weeks ago. At least six Lebanese were killed, including children, when an Israeli airstrike hit a village in eastern Lebanon.
The country’s health ministry says two medics were also killed in strikes that hit southern Beirut. The IDF maintains the strikes were meant to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure. Displaced residents search through the debris for what’s left of their possessions.
Farah Atwa, Resident of Destroyed Building: One cannot deny that there are memories in that building, memories of my own children. And I really wish that I can actually take one simple picture of them when they were young. I did not take anything outside of that home because I did not expect at all that this will be an Israeli target, not for one second.
William Brangham:
In the northern Gaza Strip today, an Israeli strike killed at least 10 people living in a school turned shelter for displaced families. Gazan health officials say rescue efforts were ongoing to find any survivors still trapped under the rubble.
A patient in California is being treated for a new, more serious form of Mpox, a version first seen in eastern Congo. The California Department of Public Health said the patient recently traveled to eastern Africa but is now being treated at home. Officials say the risk to the public remains low.
President-Elect Trump is making more cabinet appointments as his transition plows ahead. Late today, he tapped Chris Wright to run the Department of Energy. Wright is currently a fossil fuel executive and was a donor to Trump’s campaign. Trump also announced Friday night that Karoline Leavitt will become his White House press secretary. At 27, she’ll be the youngest and first person from Generation Z to hold that position.
Prosecutors in New York allege that music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is trying to obstruct justice from his jail cell. He’s awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Filings made late Friday in Manhattan allege that Combs asked family members to reach out to witnesses and to try to sway public opinion. A $50 million bail hearing is scheduled for next week.
And the only knockout in last night’s Mike Tyson, Jake Paul boxing spectacle was to Netflix’s ability to stream a live event. Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson, who is nearly 60 years old, fought 27-year-old Internet star Jake Paul. The much hyped event was marred when Netflix’s feed stalled and glitched for viewers around the world. In the end, Paul beat Tyson by unanimous decision of the judges.
Still to come on PBS News, the role of climate change in the outbreak of wildfires in the Northeast and the deadly work of environmental activists around the world.