Several men have been arrested on suspicion of crimes related to explosives at a village near a Royal Air Force base used by U.S. bombers, police in southwestern England said on Sunday. British counterterrorism police took over the investigation.

Police in Gloucestershire said it had declared a major incident and evacuated "a number of properties" in the Whelford area following the arrest of "several men on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act," referring to the country's laws around explosives.

The authorities also said a bomb disposal team were on site examining some vehicles.

Some local residents were evacuated, police said, and a cordon was established but the incident is said to be "contained."

The town of Whelford is close to RAF Fairford, a base that American forces have used for strictly limited strikes during the war with Iran. After the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran on Feb. 28, the U.K. government allowed the American military to use the Fairford base to strike Iranian missile sites.

However, police did not confirm to the Associated Press whether the arrests were linked to the base.

One evacuated resident told the BBC, CBS News' international partner, that three "unusual vans" appeared in the area near Fairford air base overnight.

Speaking to the BBC, Julian Tubsbery, who was evacuated from his home in the early hours of Sunday, said that "there were these three vans that arrived in the middle of the village and a resident reported them to the police straight away."

Helicopter footage aired on BBC News showed a wheeled robot operating near three parked white vans near the base. However, the police have not yet confirmed which vehicles were being examined, or if they were connected with the incident.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Air Force said its personnel based at RAF Fairford "remain vigilant" but would not discuss specific force protection measures for security reasons.

"We constantly assess a variety of factors that determine what measures we institute or modify to protect our installations, our people and their families," the spokesperson said.

The U.S. military's European Command said it would not discuss specific force protection measures, but added it would "take appropriate actions to ensure the safety and security of our U.S. service members, civilians, contractors, and their families across the European theater."

Security measures have been significantly increased in recent days at the air base, according to an eyewitness quoted by the Reuters news agency who said there had been more roadblocks and armed police preventing access.

A spokesperson for the U.K. government thanked emergency services for acting quickly and added that it would be "inappropriate to comment further whilst investigations are ongoing."

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a software glitch in some Boeing 737 Max jets that could prompt an automated flight guidance system to disengage during an aborted landing, commonly referred to as a go-around.

In rare circumstances where there is a missed approach — and where a pilot is using a precision approach with autopilot engaged and makes changes to their pre-programmed flight plan — an issue with the flight management computer could cause the plane's vertical navigation system, known as VNAV, to disengage and transition to a less sophisticated level of automated pitch control.

The VNAV is essentially designed to automatically maintain the pre-planned altitude at various waypoints along a flight path.

If this glitch occurs, however, pilots will need to take additional steps during their subsequent approach.

The scenario would typically occur in a low-altitude airport adjacent environment where pilots already have a high workload.

"How busy do you want your crew to be?" one airline source told CBS News about the glitch. "Are you introducing distractions at the worst possible moment?"

"Last month, we informed all 737 operators about a software issue where pilots may not have access to automated flight guidance during a specific landing scenario," a Boeing spokesperson told CBS News in a statement. "We shared information with operators that reinforced existing pilot procedures for safely handling such cases. Our engineers are working on a software update to permanently address the issue."

The Boeing spokesperson said that even if VNAV disengages, autopilot will continue to function, adding that all pilots are trained to safely land without VNAV.

In a bulletin sent to airlines late last month, Boeing told operators the glitch is not an immediate safety issue. It surfaced in versions 14 and 14.1 of the operating system for the Max's flight management computer.

"The FAA is aware of a potential issue in a software update for the flight computers on certain Boeing 737 MAX airplanes and is working closely with Boeing and the airlines," the FAA told CBS News in a statement. "The FAA will convene a Corrective Action Review Board (CARB) and will take immediate action if it identifies a safety concern."

Southwest Airlines and United Airlines have informed Boeing they will not accept delivery of new aircraft with that operating system, instead opting for a previous version.

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest and United told CBS News none of their in-service 737 Max fleets use the software version in question.

CBS News has learned Boeing was first told of the issue by an airline in November 2024. The company reviewed it and determined in February 2025 that it was not a safety issue.

However, Boeing received what a source described as "additional information from operators" earlier this year that prompted the manufacturer to launch a formal safety review board. The board's findings were sent to the FAA this month and will be reviewed by CARB.

Boeing's initial bulletin told airlines a software fix would be ready sometime in 2028 and it would issue updated guidance about procedures for pilots to follow in November. The company is working to accelerate both of those efforts.

The FAA review could further delay the certification of the 737 Max 10, the fourth and largest variant of the Max. The Max 10 was thought to be days away from achieving FAA certification, but years behind schedule. The issue could also delay deliveries of the recently certified 737 Max 7. Nearly the entire order book for that aircraft is going to Southwest.

The Max is a cash cow for Boeing and is vital for its turnaround efforts. The plane has been the subject of two high-profile crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people due to defective software, and it experienced a mid-flight door panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight in January 2024 that was blamed on manufacturing mistakes.

It is notable that several U.S. airlines appear to be taking a trust-but-verify approach to Boeing on the issue, having been stung by groundings and delays due to previous Boeing mistakes on the Max.

The Max 7 was certified with software version 14, while the Max 10 was using version 14.1 during its certification testing.

Southwest was set to start receiving Max 7 deliveries this fall. It is unclear if the airline will take delivery at this time, while Alaska Airlines is supposed to be the launch customer for the Max 10.

The software glitch was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

CBS News has also reached out to Allegiant Air for comment, which also operates the 737 Max.

Russia's foreign minister used his address at the United Nations General Assembly to accuse Europe of blocking efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

Both Moscow and Kyiv have stepped up attacks after the deadliest summer since 2022 — the year Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. On Saturday, Russian attacks killed four people across Ukraine, officials said, while Kyiv continued to target Russian oil refineries and industrial sites with long-range drones.

Efforts led by the U.S. have failed to produce a permanent ceasefire and peace deal, with President Trump saying on Saturday that he hoped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would "settle" with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Europe of actively trying to block talks supported by the U.S. government.

"Europe is doing everything it can to thwart peace talks in which the Trump administration is interested," Lavrov said in a fiery speech to the U.N. General Assembly.

"The aims of the special military operation will be achieved, the threat to Russian security will be eliminated and peaceful life will come back. This will happen no matter the circumstances," he added, using Moscow's terminology for the conflict.

Before his speech, Lavrov met with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul – the first meeting between Moscow and Berlin's foreign ministers since before the war.

The talks took place as tensions between Berlin and Moscow intensified, Germany accusing Russia of orchestrating an attempted drone attack on Leipzig airport and each country ordering the closure of the other's consulate.

European countries, including Germany, have sounded the alarm in recent days over what they say are increased Russian sabotage activities on their soil.

"Russia's war targets the lives of millions of innocent people, the existence of the Ukrainian state and culture and the European peace order," Wadephul said in his own address to the assembly Saturday, urging Russia to negotiate toward ending the fighting.

Mr. Trump commented on Saturday on his meeting with Zelenskyy at the U.N. General Assembly, saying that he hoped the Ukrainian leader would "settle" with Putin.

He said Saturday that Zelenskyy and Putin were "going along" and that "someday, hopefully in the not-too-distant future, maybe before the heavy winter, they'll make a deal."

"You know what I want him to do? Make a deal," Mr. Trump said, referring to Zelenskyy. "I want him to settle with Putin, and I want Putin to settle with him."

Zelenskyy, who after the meeting on Tuesday said he trusted the White House could help end Russia's invasion of his country, said on Saturday that Russia is "escalating every single day."

"If the Russians have chosen to make their strikes even more brutal, the world must choose stronger responses to keep the war from spreading further," he wrote on social media.

A slow-moving, powerful storm crept along the coast of the U.S. Northeast on Saturday, producing high winds that knocked out electricity to thousands while whipping up big waves and heavy rains that created dangerous conditions in some places.

Tens of millions of people were in the path of the nor'easter, which was forecast to affect the mid-Atlantic area and New England throughout the weekend. Around 100,000 customers in the region were without electricity Saturday.

In Brooklyn, New York, a 56-year-old man was struck and killed by a falling tree, according to the New York City Police Department, the first confirmed fatality from the storm. The New York City Housing Authority later confirmed he was an employee of the agency.

The forecast showed no immediate reprieve. There will be "a lot of high winds, a lot of high tides and heavy rain possibility over the next few days for the northeastern U.S.," said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.

Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected from the Philadelphia region into eastern New Jersey, and portions of Long Island and southern New England could see 3 to 5 inches of rain.

The nor'easter is rapidly intensifying and is expected to make a sharp turn back toward the New Jersey coast Saturday night into Sunday. It may stall or meander nearby through Monday, prolonging the rain, wind and coastal impacts before finally departing on Tuesday.

Beach towns see severe flooding

In Long Island, New York, some people kayaked down flooded streets.

In the coastal New Jersey borough of Surf City, Kenny Formica sat at his home watching surveillance cameras showing water rising inside the marina he owns. Water getting inside the building is rare, Formica said. The last time he remembers it happening was during Hurricane Sandy, which he said caused more than $4 million in damage to his business.

Ahead of the storm, Formica said workers secured dock lines, moved loose items and equipment out of harm's way and parked the marina's trucks and forklifts at the highest point of the property. By Saturday morning, even those were nearly surrounded by water.

Formica said he woke Saturday to messages from customers reporting missing boats and Jet Skis. One customer sent him a video around 4 a.m. showing his 25-foot boat after it had blown off its lift.

"This is like an 8,000-pound boat and, you know, a $150,000 boat — just gone," Formica said.

In Ocean City, Maryland, heavy surf caused beach erosion, washed out fencing by the dunes and was leading to flooding.

"In all the canals, the water is up really high and coming into people's backyards," Jay Boyd said by telephone.

Further south, Ellie Hodge stood on her front stoop in Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday and watched as passing vehicles left wakes. The coastal city has seen isolated flooding all week because of the nor'easter.

"We've seen cars get stuck on the road, going up the sidewalks," Hodge said. "It's been pretty bad this time around."

The storm forced a change of plans for many people. Hundreds of flights were canceled at Boston Logan International Airport, as were the vast majority of flights at the popular Massachusetts tourist destinations of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

Wind gusts may cause damage, increase flooding

The New Jersey and Delaware coasts could see wind gusts of about 60 miles per hour, though meteorologists have already seen reports of winds over 70 miles per hour. Inland, residents could see wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph.

Eastern Long Island and southeastern New England could see gusts of 45 to 65 mph.

Peak wind gusts for Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket could approach 60 to 65 miph on Friday night and Saturday, NWS meteorologist Matthew Belk said.

Inland residents will see wind gusts of about 50 to 55 mph, Belk said.

"It's definitely going to be a case of the closer to the coast you are, the more impacts from the storm you're likely to see," Belk said.

The early timing of the nor'easter in the season could lead to even more damaging effects. Because trees are still fully leafed, they will have more wind resistance, Belk said. That could increase the risk of downed limbs, which, combined with the saturated ground caused by heavy rain, could cause power outages, leave debris on roads and lead to other property damage.

Strong winds could also push ocean waves over seawalls, creating flooding. Large waves and elevated water levels could also lead to beach erosion and sand dune breaches.

On Massachusetts' South Shore, the towns of Cohasset and Scituate were sitting right in the bullseye of the storm. While parts of the coastline are protected by seawalls, some of those seawalls are in the middle of repair projects or have seen those projects stall due to federal funding cuts.

"So the waves hit the seawall and they go straight up about 60, 70, 80 feet, and the wind hits it from the northeast and every wave ends up hitting the house," Kevin Gill, owner of an oceanfront Scituate home, told CBS News Boston on Thursday.

Storm leads to event cancellations and travel disruptions

The Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs — both gearing up for the playoffs during the final weekend of the regular Major League Baseball season — had to shuffle the schedule for their three-game series. They played a double-header Friday in Boston to try to avoid the storm. Then MLB rescheduled their finale on Sunday to occur in Florida, at the home of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Ed Sheeran canceled his high-profile concerts Friday and Saturday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Also canceled: an Ironman triathlon in New York and the three-day Oceans Calling Festival in Ocean City, Maryland, which had been promoted online as "a wave of music."

Farther south, a highway closure on North Carolina's Hatteras Island scrambled Jayden Sink and Kimberly Laprad's Saturday wedding plans. The Virginia couple had made it onto the island before the storm, but most of their roughly 45 guests were stranded on the other side of the closure, the Island Free Press reported. A local campground offered a new venue, cabins and an officiant, and a DJ volunteered to provide music. Organizers invited anyone on the island to come celebrate with the couple Saturday afternoon.

In New York City, the Global Citizens Festival and All Things Go NYC were canceled ahead of the storm.

The nor'easter also caused hundreds of flight cancellations and delays. The flight-tracking service FlightAware reported 260 flight cancellations for Boston Logan International Airport as of early Saturday evening.

State officials along the East Coast urged people to use caution. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said coastal flooding is the biggest threat, but the storm will also bring heavy rains, powerful winds and waves as high as 20 feet.

"The rain is underway and while it's only half an inch or so thus far, mark my words: Much more is coming," the governor said early Saturday.

In Long Island, ferry owner Stephanie Sherman said she had paused operations between Patchogue and the barrier island of Fire Island.

"It's been a pretty wild storm," Sherman said. "But nothing that we haven't experienced in the past. These happen every so often."

China and the United States agreed to establish a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications following a three-day summit between President Xi Jinping and President Trump in Washington, the two governments said Saturday.

They also agreed to continue cooperating through a Board of Trade focused on selected bilateral issues. The White House said the board began operating this week.

The summit produced no major breakthroughs, but analysts said the steps toward greater cooperation were important because they established working groups that could help prevent disputes from escalating.

Xi returned to Beijing on Saturday, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency. During the visit, Mr. Trump displayed unusual warmth toward Xi, despite having escalated a trade war with China the previous year that had global repercussions.

The two sides agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding on strengthening crisis communications and preventing crises between the two militaries, China's Foreign Ministry said Saturday in its readout. The one-page statement from the Chinese side was light on details.

Both sides will set up a communication mechanism for artificial intelligence-related incidents, to discuss related risks and benefits, with an AI-specific dialogue scheduled for November.

The White House said the two leaders agreed on using the term "super intelligence" rather than "artificial intelligence" to describe the technology. Mr. Trump has been outspoken about his preference for the alternate term.

"I call it SI because it's a much better name," he told reporters Saturday on the White House's south lawn. "It's a much more accurate name because when you say the other, it means it's fake. Artificial means it's fake, and it's not fake."

Mr. Trump also indicated that there would be limits on what the U.S. would share with China and said that Washington would not slow its AI efforts.

The "United States of America is not going to be putting on brakes," Mr. Trump told reporters outside the White House. "They want to stop our progress because we're leading China by a lot and we're going to keep it that way."

He added: "I would rather not integrate because we're leading by a lot. When you're leading, you don't open it up to each other. We're leading by at least a year, maybe a year and a half. Some people say two years. I'm not looking to open it up."

The statement from China said both sides will continue to work together on the pledge to reduce reciprocal tariffs on roughly $30 billion worth of goods. During the summit, the two leaders agreed to extend a trade truce by two months. The White House statement said China agreed to import at least 10 million metric tons of coal from the U.S. in 2027 and 2028.

Most of the reduction in tariffs is aimed at non-sensitive goods, such as agricultural products or holiday decorations.

The two countries also established the Board of Investment to "discuss potential investment opportunities and investment-related impediments and to provide a structured channel for the two sides to address commercially meaningful investment-related issues," the White House said.

The statement from the White House also said the two sides continued to work on American concerns about rare earths supply, "with the goal of ensuring shipment levels return to appropriate levels." China put export controls on rare earths last year in response to the U.S. tariffs, cutting the supply sent to the U.S. and other countries.

Both sides agreed to meet at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China, in November, and then later at the G20 at the Trump National Doral Miami golf club in Florida.

Both governments said Iran should honor its stated commitment not to develop nuclear weapons. They also said no country should charge tolls on international waterways, an apparent reference to the Strait of Hormuz, where traffic has fallen significantly since the U.S. war with Iran began.

The U.S. statement welcomed China's decision to impose export controls on two additional precursor chemicals used to produce fentanyl. Both sides also noted recent arrests in fentanyl-related cases.

Although the summit did not resolve the countries' fundamental differences, analysts said the incremental progress was noteworthy.

"Personal diplomacy between the two leaders is important, but the emphasis on working-level engagement, military-to-military dialogue and crisis-management mechanisms suggests an effort to make that stability more durable and institutionalized," said Wang Zichen, deputy secretary-general of the Beijing-based Center for China and Globalization.

Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris' iconic Champs-Élysées Avenue for Pope Leo XIV's big outdoor Mass on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country.

The Vatican estimated that 800,000 people came out for the Mass — more than the 600,000 who had registered in advance. The stunning turnout testified to the church's enduring influence in France, despite sharp declines in churchgoing in recent decades and secularizing trends that have emptied churches around Europe.

During his speech, Leo encouraged attendees in a mostly secular France "to build a renewed nation upon roots nourished by faith."

Although a massive security blanket shut down central Paris to road traffic, the party-like atmosphere drew people of multiple faiths and no faith at all. The fervor spanned generations. People brought dozens of babies and young children from the crowd for Leo to caress on the head as he rode slowly past them aboard the popemobile.

"The message of Pope Leo goes well beyond Catholic people; he speaks about social justice, for example," said Leontine Joseph, 42, a fervent Catholic who came with two friends of Moroccan origin who grew up in Muslim culture.

Leo has sought to encourage French Catholics to persevere in their faith "even amid the thorns" of a secular world during his four-day visit.

It began on Friday with his arrival and prayer at the restored Notre Dame Cathedral, the first by a pope since the devastating 2019 fire, and continues with his prayer at the Catholic shrine at Lourdes.

The pope was joined inside the restored cathedral for a prayer service by many of the people who helped rebuild it.

Baptisms in France continue to rise

The number of adult baptisms in France each year has tripled since 2016, hitting 13,000 this year. But statistics and experts caution that the uptick, which has been recorded also in secular Spain, doesn't counteract the overall generational trend of children of practicing French Catholics no longer going to Mass or baptizing their babies.

In 1980, there were 513,000 baptisms in France; in 2024, a total of 186,000.

And just this past Easter, according to the bishops in France, more than 21,000 adults and teenagers were baptized, CBS News' foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reported. This was a big jump from the year before, he said.

The rivers of people who crammed central Paris and their joyful enthusiasm rivaled other communal but nonreligious moments of celebration that marked France in recent decades. Huge crowds celebrated on the Champs-Elysées when France won the soccer World Cup in 1998 and again in 2018.

Leo's visit to Paris came as a birthday present for Jean-Claude Farnabe, who turned 63 on Saturday and spent the morning securing a spot amid the throngs of people.

A lifelong Catholic, Farnabe attends Mass in the Paris suburb of Suresnes every Sunday, and has recently witnessed a surge in faith.

"There are more and more converts," he said as he waited for the pope. "Many youngsters are interested in faith and in God. Every Sunday, I see new people, people aged between 25 and 40, who are getting baptized."

A religious Mass in a secular France

The choice of Place de la Concorde for Saturday's Mass was significant.

Organizers said they chose it because it was the only area in central Paris that could accommodate the hundreds of thousands of people expected to attend. Last week, organizers extended the crowd site because they predicted more.

But the choice of the venue has been criticized by staunch supporters of secularism who argue that the site represents the Republic, and that other places such as the Invalides, a complex of buildings where Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass in front of 240,000 people in 2008, would have been more appropriate.

France is a traditionally Catholic country, but adheres to a strict form of secularism in public life based on a 1905 law separating church and state.

Many on Saturday didn't identify as Catholics, but came out of interest in the pope's message.

"People are seeing a lot of really terrible images. This kind of event reminds people of what is really important in life," said Thierry Chen, a 40-year-old Parisian startup entrepreneur who is not Catholic. "You see a lot of different people here, so it's not just about one race, religion or nation, but about a common belief in humankind."

Sylvane Le Goff, 68, who lives in the Paris region, came with her 10- and 12-year-old grandchildren to "give them unforgettable memories." Le Goff, who was raised Catholic but is not practicing, said she wanted to open her grandchildren's minds.

"It's not only about seeing the pope but it also is about his message of peace and unity, values I'd like to share with them," she said.

The Place de la Concorde was designed at the end of the 18th century and was among the main sites of execution during the French Revolution. Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were guillotined there. For many French people, the square embodies the Republic: French presidents traditionally celebrate Bastille Day there.

Four Americans were among the six people who died after an explosion and building collapse in Athens' tourist district of Plaka near the Acropolis on Friday, officials said.

The blast, which occurred at dawn on Friday, was likely caused by a gas leak, according to Athens Mayor Haris Doukas.

The two other people killed were an elderly British man and his Greek wife who lived on the second floor of the three-story building, Greece's state broadcaster ERT reported.

The American family of four had been renting an apartment on the first floor and were preparing to go to the airport hours later Friday for their return to the United States when the blast occurred, according to the Kathimerini newspaper.

The explosion brought down the residential building and damaged properties and vehicles along the street. Two other women were injured from an adjacent building on Lysikratous Street, fire brigades said, according to the Associated Press.

The New York Times reported that the U.S. family was composed of a couple, their son and his girlfriend. Greek authorities did not immediately give their identities, ages or where in the U.S. they came from.

On Saturday, AFP reporters saw mechanical diggers moving debris at the site and thermal-imaging cameras deployed.

"We are talking about an incredible disaster," Doukas said.

Two nearby buildings were left in a dangerous state, he added, with inspections underway "to determine if they can remain standing or if they also have to be demolished."

The owner of the ground-floor apartment, Mathaios Artavanis, told the Kathimerini daily he was absent at the time of the blast. He said he had tried afterward to contact the U.K.-Greek couple who lived there, without success.

Video footage from the scene showed rubble strewn across the street, with parked cars smashed by falling debris. The people rescued by the fire department from the adjacent building were all tourists, resident Andreas Martzaklis said.

The pastor of a nearby church said this Sunday's service would be held outdoors because of damage to the church.

A year ago, locals in the Plaka neighborhood had warned the city and utility companies about the risk of gas leaks or short circuits, according to a letter by the residents' association published by Kathimerini.

The residents had urged a fire drill to identify possible weaknesses in the emergency response plans for the district.

A citizens' group said on social media that one resident in the street where the explosion happened had alerted authorities after smelling a possible gas leak.

The neighborhood is one of Athens' most popular tourist areas. The nearby Acropolis, one of Greece's best-known landmarks, welcomed 4.6 million visitors last year.

Yemen's civil war is overwhelming hospitals: "A very dangerous situation"

Tarek al-Salami, aged 7, sat in a diaper, looking frail. Normally, the malnutrition and diarrhea that weakened his tiny frame would have been treated within a few days, but nothing is normal in Yemen anymore.

Tarek's father carried him on foot from the southwest city of Mokha as the Iran-backed Houthi rebels swept in this month, bringing the civil war that has embroiled Saudi Arabia, and nearly the United States last week, to the Red Sea coastal city.

Al-Salami reached a hospital two days later in the government-held city of Aden, 170 miles away, but there were no beds available. Like others, the facility was overwhelmed by the war-wounded. His family finally found a therapeutic feeding center.

He arrived in an acute health crisis after the delay in care, according to the center's director, Dr. Arwa Atef, and he only began walking again Wednesday, over a week later.

"I swear to God, when I look at him, my heart breaks," said his father, Mohammed al-Salami. "He looks almost lifeless."

The already-fragile health system in the Arab world's poorest nation is collapsing, caught in a new front of the Iran war.

Some health centers are turning pregnant women and others in need away to focus on trauma patients. Vulnerable children are filling incubators and sharing beds. Millions of people are affected by the fighting backed by two of the Middle East's biggest powers, as the Iran-backed Houthis advance against government forces supported by Saudi Arabia. More than 130,000 people have fled their homes, according to the International Organization for Migration.

"We are in a very dangerous situation," said Fahd al-Nazari, manager of the government health office in Taiz province, which has received most of the newly displaced. "Within a day or two, or a week at most, we might have to close down [some facilities]. In fact, some hospitals are already closed."

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TikTok will pay the state of Alabama at least $100 million and must implement a slew of safety features for teens in the state as part of a settlement agreement reached just before the case was set to go to trial.

Alabama sued the social media company in 2025, claiming the platform had negative effects on the mental well-being of youths.

The lawsuit argued that TikTok's "addictive properties" — namely its algorithm that curates highly specific content catered to users' interests — were harmful to children and that the company knew of those harms.

The Alabama Attorney General's Office said in a statement announcing the agreement that Alabama would receive a minimum of $100 million but had the "potential to receive up to $300 million if certain conditions are met."

Through the settlement, TikTok will make several platform-level changes for teen users in Alabama, including the option for teens to select a non-personalized content feed.

The platform will also bar cosmetic procedure filters for teens, implement a two-hour daily time limit and ban nighttime use from midnight to 6 a.m. Young users in Alabama will also be prompted to take a "productive pause" after 15 minutes of continuous use, and again at 60 and 90 minutes.

"This is a great day for Alabama parents," Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a statement. "Tonight, they can rest easier knowing real protections are in place to shield their children from the dangers of social media addiction. TikTok has agreed to give parents real control over what their kids see and how much time they spend on the app. We've said from day one that our number one goal was to stand up for Alabamians when they are being harmed, and today, we did exactly that."

In addition to the platform changes, TikTok will pay Alabama $100 million in restitution and remediation, which will likely go toward funding youth mental health services and other programs. If enough other states reach qualifying settlements with TikTok within a specific time frame, Alabama could receive up to an additional $183.8 million.

The platform-level changes outlined in the settlement agreement are roughly similar to changes Meta agreed to make when it reached a settlement this summer to resolve similar claims that were filed by nearly every state, including Alabama. Meta had called on TikTok and its other chief competitor, YouTube, to join it in adopting similar standards, but TikTok had not publicly responded.

Katherine Robertson, chief counsel in the Alabama Attorney General's Office and the Republican nominee to be the state's next attorney general, acknowledged the similarities with the Meta agreement and told The Associated Press on Friday: "There's been a war on childhood coming from a million different directions."

"We recognize that parents and youth are fighting a battle against a bunch of different platforms," Robertson said. "They're manipulating kids to get addicted to their product, essentially."

The settlement also outlines more robust and user-friendly parental controls, stronger age verification measures TikTok must take, and stronger content moderation protocols. Teen accounts will also be set to private by default.

A spokesperson for the TikTok USDS Joint Venture — the group of domestic investors tasked with operating the China-based platform in the U.S. — said Friday in a statement that TikTok's priority has "always been fostering a safe and positive space where people can be creative, discover what they love, and connect with their community. This builds on our commitment and core objective to continually enhance our robust safety tools to protect teens."

Alabama would have been the first state to argue its claims against TikTok in front of a jury. The trial was scheduled to begin Monday.

TikTok has settled several lawsuits with similar claims filed by individuals before they went to trial, most notably in the landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles earlier this year. The jury in that case found that YouTube and Meta designed their platforms to hook young users without concern for their well-being.

TikTok also reached a $400 million settlement with the Justice Department in August, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children's privacy laws.

Hurricane Nolo strengthened into a Category 2 storm as it approaches Hawaii as a potential "catastrophic" rainmaker, the National Hurricane Center said.

A hurricane watch is in effect for Hawaii County due to the storm, which could dump up to 3 feet of rain on Hawaii's Big Island. Catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding is possible on the Big Island into this weekend, forecasters warn.

Map shows Hurricane Nolo's expected path

The center of the storm was hundreds of miles from Hawaii as of late Friday morning local time and is expected to stay "well south" of the main Hawaiian Islands. But hurricane-force winds were extending outward up to 45 miles from Nolo's core and tropical storm-force winds extended outward up to 140 miles.

Nolo had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, making it a Category 2 hurricane. The Miami-based hurricane center said it is expected to keep strengthening and become a major hurricane this weekend, which is defined as a Category 3 hurricane or stronger.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for Hawaii County (in addition to the hurricane watch there), and a tropical storm watch is in effect for Maui County.

The Big Island could see tropical storm conditions as early as Friday night, forecasters said, with hurricane conditions possible for the island early Saturday, especially in areas with steep terrain.

Nolo could bring up to 25 inches of rain to the eastern and southern portions of the Big Island. That much rain could trigger "catastrophic life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in areas of steep terrain," the hurricane center warned.

The Big Island's western areas could see 2 to 4 inches of rain and 8 at most. For Maui, 4 to 6 inches is possible with as much as 10 inches in some spots. The rest of Hawaii is likely to get 1 to 3 inches and 5 at most, enough to set off isolated flooding, forecasters said.

All state parks on the Big Island and on Maui will be closed because of the storm, the state's Department of Land and Natural Resources said.

Nolo formed as another storm, Hurricane Polo, continued to swirl in the Pacific, off Mexico's southwestern coast.

The latest storms add to an unusually active season in the Pacific. Earlier this month, Hurricane Lowell brought damaging winds and heavy rain to the western Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Niihau, bringing down trees, damaging roads and knocking out power for thousands.

Last month, Hurricane Lala washed away about 100 homes, triggered landslides and caused widespread power outages as it brushed past Hawaii.

Fast-food chains are packing their menus with protein and low-calorie options to win over customers on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.

McDonald's announced this week that it will introduce healthier, high-protein options, including grilled chicken sandwiches and wraps, as well as egg bites. The changes are part of an $8.5 billion overhaul that includes a major refresh of its restaurants around the globe.

"When people do go on GLP-1s, they still crave our food," McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said during an interview with CNBC. "We're going to evolve our menu to make sure it reflects where we think that consumer is going to be looking for in the future."

Skye Anderson, president of McDonald's USA, said during a call with Wall Street analysts on Wednesday that McDonald's is changing its menu as millions of GLP-1s users and other Americans look to increase their protein intake.

"We don't need to win a new base of customers into McDonald's. Instead, we need to keep giving them more reasons to make McDonald's their first choice as their eating habits evolve," she said during the call. "They want more protein, greater portion flexibility and food that leaves them feeling satisfied without feeling like too much."

Other restaurant chains are also touting menu changes they say will help people stay on track with their weight goals.

In December, Shake Shack introduced the "Good Fit Menu," which includes gluten-free, vegetarian and "GLP-1-friendly choices." All the listed burgers except one are served in lettuce wraps rather than buns.

Chipotle has a page on its website with options it says will help people on their "GLP-1 journey." Those choices include a "low-calorie" chicken bowl with lettuce and a "high fiber" chicken bowl served with rice.

Research from the Journal of Marketing Research shows that households with at least one GLP-1 user cut spending at fast-food chains, coffee shops and other restaurants by 8% within the first six months of starting the drugs.

"It is important to have things on the menu that are relevant to that audience," David Portalatin, the senior vice president at market research company Circana, told CBS News. "I think what you're going to see is more diversity across the menu."

Dr. Idris Evans, the Pittsburgh physician who was killed while he slept in a violent home invasion, is being remembered throughout the community for his kindness and compassion.

Evans, 46, died Thursday after he and his wife were repeatedly stabbed while they slept in their home along Linden Avenue in Edgewood Borough, police said.

Serving as the medical director of the Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Evans was referred to as a "dedicated caregiver," also having served as an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

"A true angel on Earth"

Dr. Hayley Hellstern, a fellow Pittsburgh pediatrician, said that Evans was "a true angel on Earth."

"He cared for so many children and saved so many lives, and he also participated in the training of hundreds of pediatricians during his career," Hellstern said.

Hellstern said that she was a pediatric resident while Evans was an attending, and that he was wonderful to work with.

"He had such a special way of putting everyone at ease, even in the most stressful times," Hellstern said, adding that Evans was "a truly wonderful human."

Renee Dellaera, a retired nurse who worked at UPMC Children's Hospital, said that Evans was one of the very best she ever had the pleasure of working with in her 42 years as a pediatric nurse.

"He was so kind, compassionate, caring, intelligent and funny," Dellaera said. "He treated everyone with respect. Everyone. He was loved by all and touched so many."

Heather LaFrankie said her son spent more than three months under Evans' care in a pediatric intensive care unit at Children's Hospital and that she and her family will be forever grateful for the care, compassion, and dedication that he showed by being an exceptional doctor and person.

"The kindness, reassurance, and humanity you showed him meant more to our family than works can express," LaFrankie said.

"A very violent scene"

Elijah Hemingway, 32, has been charged in Evans' death after investigators said he got into the house through an open window, went to the third floor and started stabbing the couple as they slept. Evans' wife survived the attack. A motive is unclear at this point.

"It was a very violent scene," said Allegheny County Assistant Superintendent Victor Joseph. "The bedroom furniture was broken, mirrors broken. It was a very graphic scene."

According to court paperwork, Evans' wife told police that they awoke to being attacked in bed with a kitchen knife.

At some point during the attack, she yelled for their 8- and 12-year-old children to get out of the house.

Hemingway has been charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and trespassing.

Musk, Zuckerberg and 3 Supreme Court justices invited to state dinner

The White House released the invite list for Thursday's state dinner, which includes high-level government officials and several of the world's wealthiest tech executives.

Among the notable people on the guest list are Vice President JD Vance and several Cabinet-level officials: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Todd Blanche, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

Mr. Trump's children – Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany – also got invites.

The world's richest person, Elon Musk, is on the list. NVIDIA's Jensen Huang, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Apple's Tim Cook, Google's Sundar Pichai, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Amazon's Jeff Bezos and TikTok investor Jeff Yass also got invites.

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is also attending. (Paramount Skydance is the parent company of CBS News.)

Other invitees include:

• Supreme Court Justices John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett
• House Speaker Mike Johnson
• Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh
• Blackrock's Larry Fink
• Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman
• Casino magnate and political megadonor Miriam Adelson
• JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon
• Fox News' Bret Baier, Jesse Watters and Laura Ingraham

Washington — The U.S. Army Reserve is examining whether it can provide the military's Southern Command with police forces, medical personnel and other support units within the next four months, according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.

Though the message makes no reference to Cuba, the request is for continued military planning aimed at Cuba, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

There is no indication in the document that any units have received deployment orders. But the planning comes as the Trump administration puts intense economic pressure on Cuba and urges the island nation to make political reforms.

The message does not identify how many troops would be needed in the Southern Command's region, which covers Central and South America, including the Caribbean. It also does not specify where the forces could be sent or what operation they would support.

The document reviewed by CBS News says Army Reserve headquarters is seeking feedback from subordinate commands on the possible availability of six types of formations that would fall under the authority of U.S. Southern Command. The units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to the message, which directs commands to provide feedback to Army Reserve headquarters by Sept. 25.

Among the units is a combat sustainment support battalion that specializes in coordinating logistics such as transportation, maintenance, fuel and supply needs, along with an engineer battalion. The document also seeks an expeditionary sustainment command that would oversee logistics across a theater of operations.

The document generated last week also calls for a medical brigade to command and coordinate medical units, as well as a forward resuscitative and surgical detachment to provide emergency surgery and trauma care closer to U.S. forces. Finally, the document seeks a military police brigade — these units typically oversee military police forces responsible for security, detention and other law enforcement missions.

Contacted by CBS News, the Army Reserve did not respond before publication.

A spokesperson for U.S. Southern Command said: "Due to operational security concerns, we do not disclose details or comment on U.S. operational movements or potential deployment timelines associated with current or future operations, contingencies, or planning. However, U.S. Southern Command continuously coordinates with the Joint Force to assess a range of potential requirements across its [area of responsibility] in support of assigned missions."

Earlier this year, American forces conducted reconnaissance operations on the seafloor and maritime approaches surrounding the Cuban island, multiple U.S. military personnel told CBS News. Separately, U.S. airpower components were placed on heightened readiness and directed to pre-stage personnel for potential deployment. Those plans, however, did not come to fruition. CBS News is withholding certain details from publication that could potentially put U.S. service members at risk.

CBS News reported in May that U.S. intelligence officials were assessing how Cuba would respond to possible U.S. military action, as the Trump administration accused Havana of strengthening ties with Russia, China and Iran. The intelligence community's 2026 annual threat assessment largely portrays Cuba as an enabling environment for larger geopolitical competitors, rather than as an independent strategic threat.

In July, CBS News reported that American military planners had examined a range of options for possible action against the island, including an Army-led air assault involving thousands of U.S. soldiers to be carried out by the 101st Airborne Division, the only unit trained for such a task.

U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News stressed in July that the briefings were not an indication that the president or the Pentagon had decided to go forward with an operation.

Since reentering office, President Trump has asserted a more muscular U.S. role in the Western Hemisphere under what officials have dubbed the "Donroe Doctrine," a Trump-era corollary to the Monroe Doctrine focused on limiting foreign adversaries and other perceived threats in the region.

In April, American and Ecuadorian troops launched a joint mission aimed at dismantling a suspected criminal hub operated by a narco-terrorist organization. On Thursday, U.S. troops and agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration assisted Ecuadorian authorities in arresting more than 30 members affiliated with Mexico's Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

Since September, the U.S. military has killed more than 230 people in 70 strikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. The operations are a stark contrast from the U.S. military's historical role of maritime drug interdiction and arrest. Some legal experts have said the strikes amount to illegal extrajudicial killings because U.S. forces are prohibited from intentionally targeting civilians or individuals suspected of criminal activity, unless they meet the legal standard governing the use of military force.

For Cuba, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Cuban entities and officials, including military research and development enterprises tied to the country's nickel industry ahead of the U.N. General Assembly this week.

In New York, Mr. Trump told the U.N. General Assembly that his administration was seeking a "fundamental change" on the island and predicted Cuba's communist government "will fall" and declared that "freedom will be coming to Cuba." The Cuban delegation walked out during his remarks.

Mr. Trump also said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was "deep into negotiations" with Havana and vowed that the United States would not allow foreign adversaries to establish a strengthening foothold "on our own doorstep."

Those remarks follow months of increasingly explicit statements from Mr. Trump about Cuba. Meanwhile, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has vowed to counter any U.S. attack, and has accused the U.S. of "aggression" and "economic warfare" by blocking oil imports to Cuba.

Earlier this year, Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he believed he would have "the honor of taking Cuba."

"Taking Cuba in some form, yeah," he said in mid-March. "Taking Cuba. I mean, whether I free it, take it — I think I could do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth."

Later that month, Mr. Trump said bluntly: "Cuba's going to be next."

Ten blocks away from the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. diplomats quietly kickstarted the expansion of the Abraham Accords from the 43rd floor of a midtown Manhattan office tower.

On Thursday morning, State Department officials participated in the first official meeting of the Abraham Accords countries — the United States, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco — since Oct. 7, 2023, when the Hamas attacks on Israel derailed the expansion of the Accords to more countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

The Abraham Accords countries were joined Thursday for the first time by officials from Kazakhstan, which expressed an interest in joining the Accords last year.

The U.S. delegation was led by a senior State Department official, Under Secretary of Political Affairs Allison Hooker.

"Nearly three years after October 7, the Abraham Accords countries are back together," Hooker said, adding that President Trump brokered the historic agreements during his first term, and Thursday was an important signifier that the accords are "moving forward again."

The meeting was hosted by the N7 Foundation, a U.S.-based organization that has convened multilateral meetings of the Abraham Accords countries since 2021.

"The next phase is about deepening the relationships that already exist and identifying practical opportunities for countries to work together," said Jeffrey Talpins, founder of the N7 Foundation, who chaired the meeting.

Another senior administration official who was not authorized to speak publicly told CBS News that Secretary of State Marco Rubio's team and Steve Witkoff, the White House Special Envoy for Peace Missions, "are clearly prioritizing this effort."

Also present at the meeting were Aryeh Lightstone, special adviser to the Board of Peace, an international coalition dedicated to peace and reconstruction in Gaza, Ryan Arant, chief of staff to Under Secretary Hooker at the State Department, and Oren Eisner, president of the N7 Foundation.

The Abraham Accords are a set of agreements that normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and several Muslim countries. The first of a series of agreements was signed in 2020, toward the end of Mr. Trump's first term.

The UAE and Bahrain became the first two Gulf Arab countries to formally recognize Israel. Morocco soon followed.

Before the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, momentum was building for Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries to join the accords, but the attack and the wars in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran that ensued stalled further expansion.

President Trump announced Kazakhstan's intention to join the Abraham Accords during an Oval Office meeting with Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in November 2025.

"We will soon announce a Signing Ceremony to make it official, and there are many more Countries trying to join this club of STRENGTH," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time.

An official with the Kazakhstan embassy told CBS News that Thursday's gathering was a tangible step in the direction of expanding the accords.

"We are very excited about joining the Abraham Accords and all the partnership can do," he said. "We are interested in collaborations in technology and transport. Together we can do more than each individual country could do alone."

Participants discussed next steps to formalize cooperation among Abraham Accords countries, according to a person familiar with the meeting.

"The Abraham Accords have demonstrated what is possible when countries come together around shared interests with a common vision for a more integrated and prosperous region," Talpins said.

The dozens of U.S. troops bombarded by Iranian drones at a small Kuwaiti port in the opening days of the Iran war could have relocated to safer positions in western Saudi Arabia, multiple sources told CBS News, but those plans were rejected by the unit's commanding general despite intelligence warning of a potential attack on their post.

About one week before the launch of Operation Epic Fury, most American soldiers and Air Force personnel stationed in Kuwait were moved to Jordan and Saudi Arabia — farther away from Iranian missile range. At least two options were scouted, planned and presented to the leadership of the 103rd Sustainment Command, the Army Reserve unit that ran logistics for U.S. Central Command: one was Logistical Support Area (LSA) Jenkins, a U.S. military base near the southwest port city of Yanbu, and another was Prince Sultan Air Force Base, just southeast of the Saudi capital city Riyadh.

A third option, supported by the commander, Brig. Gen. Clint Barnes, was to follow the playbook from the unit that was previously deployed to Kuwait before the 103rd arrived in September 2025. During the 12-day war between Israel and Iran that July, the active unit briefly moved from their home base at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait to Port of Shuaiba, roughly 30 miles south of Kuwait City and just 65 miles southwest of Iran.

"That was a totally different scenario," one service member, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the media, told CBS News. "Missiles and drones were flying overhead between Iran and Israel and we were more worried about one of them being intercepted and falling out of the sky."

The U.S., Israel and other allies joined in shooting down dozens of the Iranian ballistic missiles fired at Israel that summer, but Iran never directly targeted U.S. positions in the Mideast.

By late fall 2025, however, Army intelligence began to map out potential Iranian retaliation scenarios in the event the U.S. became more engaged in military activity against the Iranian regime.

In January, the sources said Army intelligence began briefing Barnes that Port of Shuaiba was a potential target, but in the days before the launch of Operation Epic Fury, he nonetheless chose to move the unit there instead of Saudi Arabia.

"Shuaiba was the easy button," another service member said.

The Army on Thursday declined comment. CBS News has also reached out to Barnes but has not received a response.

The revelations are the latest in a series of whistleblower accounts made by active and reserve service members regarding the decision-making process leading up to and following the deadliest attack of the war. Six U.S. troops were killed in the strike on March 1, and more than 20 were wounded.

Notably, Prince Sultan Air Force Base, one of the other options for the unit's relocation, was also attacked by Iranian fire. Pictures obtained exclusively by CBS News showed damage to a large Air Force jet, though there were no reported deaths as a result of the strikes on PSAB.

U.S. Army Central and Third Army this summer ordered a Pentagon probe "to determine the facts and circumstances" of the Iranian attack at Port of Shuaiba, but before the review was underway, a CBS News investigation began shedding light on what several survivors of the attack described as "strategic failures" ahead of, during and after the strike.

One day after the deadly strike, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the Iranian drone as a "squirter" — suggesting that the drone managed to slip past the defenses of a fortified unit inside Kuwait. In April, one of the injured soldiers told CBS News that "painting a picture that 'one squeaked through'" was not accurate. The soldier said the unit was "unprepared to provide any defense for itself. It was not a fortified position."

Jim and Stacey Khork, the Gold Star parents of Maj. Cody Khork, told CBS News in an exclusive interview that their son, as one of the unit's force protection officers, was among the key soldiers warning Barnes of the site's vulnerability.

"My son died unnecessarily," Stacey Khork lamented. "Yes, he died for my country. Yes, he was a patriot. Yes, he was a hero. I hate to use the word murder because it's strong, but if a loved one of yours was murdered, our justice system is built to have accountability and to have atonement for that and for the grief of the family."

CBS News spoke with other survivors of the blast who detailed requests to leadership for more resources ahead of the strike. Those requests focused on the number of medical personnel as well as the availability and accessibility of medical supplies.

"This was a failure," Maj. Stephen Ramsbottom said in an interview with CBS News in May, adding he believed Master Sgt. Nicole Amor, another of the six soldiers killed, could have survived her wounds had there been a doctor, a fixed aid station or more than one ambulance at the post. The soldiers, according to witnesses, instead triaged themselves with makeshift bandages, braces and tourniquets. They commandeered civilian vehicles to drive the wounded to two local Kuwaiti hospitals.

The Pentagon has repeatedly pushed back on claims that the Army tried to downplay the incident. In a post on X in March addressing prior CBS News reporting on the strike, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said "every possible measure has been taken to safeguard our troops — at every level" and that "[t]he secure facility was fortified with 6-foot walls."

Earlier this month, an Army spokesperson confirmed to the Khorks and CBS News that its probe into the deadly Iranian attack was completed in early July, but officials have yet to release it. In a statement to CBS News, an Army spokesperson asked for "patience" and said the Pentagon "will not comment on specific details, individual accounts, or leaked portions of the report at this time."

A spokesperson for the Iowa-based 103rd Sustainment Command declined comment, while multiple requests to Brig. Gen. Barnes have gone unanswered.

Congressional Democrats urge committee hearings

As families like the Khorks await findings from the Army, more than 20 congressional Democrats from both chambers are urging the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to hold investigative hearings on the deadly strike.

A new letter sent this week to GOP Sen. Roger Wicker of Kansas and Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama, the chairmen of their respective committees, cited multiple CBS News reports on the attack. Lawmakers who signed the letter include military veterans Rep. Pat Ryan of New York and Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado. Signatories also include Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith of Minnesota, the home state of Master Sgt. Nicole Amor.

"It is critical that Congress gets answers on the failures that led to the attacks, and on the subsequent mistreatment of survivors and families of those killed," the letter reads. "We urge you to hold public hearings to determine why [the Department of Defense] was not properly prepared for this attack and why it has failed to ensure that injured service members get access to the care they need. As the administration continues to ask Congress for more resources for this war, we can no longer afford to wait for DoD to deign when they are going to answer these questions."

The chairmen's respective offices did not respond to inquiries from CBS News about the letter.

The Senate on Thursday again rejected a resolution aimed at limiting President Trump's war powers in Iran, though the Democrat-led effort picked up one new GOP supporter.

In a 49-50 vote, four Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina — joined Democrats in voting to advance the measure. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the sole Democrat to oppose.

The resolution would have directed the president to "remove the use of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran or any part of its government or military, including potential ground forces in a combat role or used for occupation, unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific authorization for use of military force against Iran."

Washington — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis questioned President Trump's judgment in hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state dinner at the White House this week, saying he's "worried about the trend of spending more time with despots and less time with democratic leaders of nations."

"It's a WTF moment," the retiring North Carolina senator said in an interview with "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil on Thursday about Mr. Trump's red-carpet rollout for Xi compared to the reception that some U.S. allies like Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have received.

"It's not that Xi Jinping is coming here to learn how to become a democratic, capitalist nation. Xi Jinping is trying to understand how his opposition will ultimately embrace their worldview," he said.

Tillis called the visit "bad timing," listing off China's human rights abuses against the Uyghurs, espionage capabilities, alleged access to U.S. voter data and reports that Iran has used information from China to target U.S. military assets in the region. Tillis also questioned why the administration has held up an arms shipment to Taiwan.

"If we want to build a relationship, a productive relationship with Xi Jinping and China, we also have to hold him accountable for things that are just simply unacceptable," Tillis said.

Shortly after returning to office last year, Mr. Trump imposed heavy tariffs on Chinese goods, leading to a trade war that briefly caused both countries to hike duties on each other's goods to more than 100%. The U.S. and China struck a tariff truce later in 2025, and since then, Mr. Trump has emphasized that he hopes to have a more productive relationship with China. During a White House arrival ceremony earlier Thursday, he said he and Xi had forged a "truly great friendship."

Tillis pointed to Mr. Trump's campaign promise of vowing to go hard on China, and questioned whether there was "confidential" information that could explain the switch-up.

"The reality is, he was tough on China," he said, later adding, "I just don't know what has changed. Whatever has changed had to have been at a confidential level, because I haven't seen any public basis for the sea change that we see right now in our posture towards China."

A physician and medical director from UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh was killed in an overnight double stabbing in his home in Edgewood Borough.

Dr. Idris Evans, 46, died after he and his wife were violently attacked while they slept in their home along Linden Avenue early Thursday, police said. A suspect has been taken into custody.

According to court paperwork, Evans' wife told police that they awoke to a man attacking them in bed with a kitchen knife. She said he was wearing only underwear and uttered about "being God," the report said.

At some point during the attack she yelled for their children, 8 and 12 years old, to get out of the house and go to a neighbor's.

She told police that her husband called their attacker by the name "Elijah," as if he knew him.

The Allegheny County Police Department said they were called to the scene around 12:30 a.m.

Responding officers found a man and woman suffering from stab wounds. Both individuals were taken to the hospital in critical condition, but Evans later died.

Suspect arrested in deadly double stabbing

A man was detained at the scene and in an afternoon update, police identified the man as 32-year-old Elijah Hemingway. He has now been charged in Evans' death.

Investigators said that Hemingway was found behind a nearby home with cuts to his hand and he was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. KDKA's news crew at the scene witnessed Hemingway in handcuffs, being loaded into the back of an ambulance by first responders.

Hemingway is facing charges of criminal homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and trespassing.

"Dr. Evans was a dedicated caregiver and valued member of our hospital and university communities," a UPMC spokesperson said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with his family, loved ones, and colleagues during this difficult time. We ask that their privacy be respected."

According to his profile with the University of Pittsburgh, Evans was the medical director of the Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team at UPMC Children's Hospital and an assistant professor of critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Neighbor recounts deadly stabbing scene

Sandra Trappen lives in the home next door to where the stabbing took place and said she couldn't believe the number of police that were surrounding her house, only to find out that the suspect was hiding in her backyard.

"He was hiding, there's an area of my garden that's not particularly well manicured like the other parts," Trappen said. "He had found a way to conceal himself, but apparently he was injured and bleeding."

Trappen called the incident "incredibly shocking."

"Small and close-knit community"

Late Thursday morning, police spoke out about what they called a tragic event in the community.

"We are a small and close-knit community and we are sure that many of you may be feeling shaken today," police said. "You may be sad, angry, anxious, distracted, or just having a hard time making sense of what happened."

Police asked that people be thoughtful about what they share in regard to the deadly incident, noting that things like rumors, graphic details, speculation and photographs can make an already difficult situation harder for those involved and others in the neighborhood.

Scottsdale, Ariz. — A Phoenix suburb ditched a plan to send recycled water from toilets and other sources directly to residents' taps after political candidates made unproven claims that the water is contaminated "poop water."

The affluent city of Scottsdale mainly uses purified water from the city's liquid waste to recharge aquifers that can be drawn from when other sources are running low. But in June, as criticism mounted, the city council replaced funding for the recycling program and other water projects with a vague $100 million allocation for new water sources and supplies.

The recycling program has become a strange wedge in a three-way race for two seats on the council in the November election. One candidate supports adding purified wastewater to the drinking supply. Meanwhile, a former Republican state lawmaker and a conservative incumbent say they're skeptical and question the safety and cost of meeting new state regulations.

The city says the candidates' claims of "toilet to tap" — or untested poop water — marginalize the science behind the treatment program. Less than 1% of the city's liquid waste comes from toilets, water officials said. The budget change killed a plan to add purified wastewater that exceeds federal drinking water standards directly to Scottsdale's supply by 2027.

Some experts and residents said the budget change, along with a council majority that frowns on wastewater reuse, could weaken resilience at a time when the West is mired in drought and cities are facing significant cuts to allocations of Colorado River water.

Scottsdale pioneered the wastewater recycling system in 1998. The city's recycling facility is big enough to serve 60,000 households.

That expertise is vital for water officials elsewhere in Arizona who are looking to replicate the work in at least four other facilities.

"It's so important to protect and reuse water in the Southwest," said Bryan Cassens, an assistant senior director for Scottsdale Water, which runs the recycling program. "Here we already know it all. We've been doing it for 28 years."

The city of 250,000 gets 70% of its water from the Colorado River, more than any other city with the same population or larger in Arizona and California.

Scottsdale Water employees said that reliance and decades of population growth pushed them to recycle to defend against drought. All wastewater is treated through intensive steps — like ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet photolysis, officials said.

Some was sold to breweries to make beer. Around 7,500 people tried the water after facility tours and other events, but no residents received it through their taps at home.

With the program expansion stalled, officials with Scottsdale Water said they'll be prepared to present options to the council in October.

Political lines drawn

Former state lawmaker Michelle Ugenti-Rita, who is running for the city council, has been the most vocal opponent of the advanced water purification program.

She and actor Rob Schneider held up a glass of clear water and a glass of brown liquid in a May campaign ad that accused her opponents of pushing Scottsdale residents to drink sewage water, which her opponents denied.

A month later, the council approved the $100 million budget change.

Incumbent Councilman Barry Graham said the program is costly and an "alarmist" overreaction to drought.

Water officials in Scottsdale, Phoenix and Tucson also said some new state requirements on mixing purified water into the drinking water supply — like tracking chemicals and contaminants that are not federally regulated — unnecessarily raise costs.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is making the new rules easier to follow but won't be finished until early 2027, said Randall Matas, who leads the department's Water Quality Division.

Despite the debates, Cassens said the facility is operating as normal.

Ugenti-Rita didn't respond to repeated requests for comment from The Associated Press. Graham said advanced water purification would be a last resort in a water crisis, not now.

"I can't just assume that every visitor and resident is going to trust the experts and is even going to listen to the experts," Graham said.

Concerns rise as water levels fall

The criticism in Scottsdale comes as two key barometers of the Colorado River's health — Lake Mead and Lake Powell — hit record lows this summer.

A federal proposal for the Colorado River outlines combined water cuts for Arizona, California and Nevada that could serve more than 25 million people annually through 2036.

"It's not really a good time to start being selective," said Cynthia Campbell, a former water resource management adviser for Phoenix. "Are you really going to play political games with the one thing that makes it possible to live in the desert?"

Since last year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has committed to investing more than $300 million in advanced water purification projects in the arid West.

In Arizona, just over half of voters in the 2022 midterm election said they were "very" or "somewhat" confident that the state would have enough water over the next 10 years, according to AP VoteCast, which surveyed more than 3,000 Arizona voters. The other half, 47%, said they were "not too" or "not at all" confident.

Communities shouldn't abandon long-term investments in public health and sustainability for short-term gain, said Ben Grumbles, the executive director of the Environmental Council of the States, a nonpartisan group of state and local environmental agency leaders.

"It can be frustrating when there are politicians scoring a cheap, fast point," Grumbles said. "I hope that over time, the facts will bear out."

Taylor Swift will debut her music video for "Patient Zero" at the MTV Video Music Awards this Sunday.

A 13-second preview clip of the music video aired exclusively on "CBS Mornings" Thursday. Swift considers 13 her lucky number.

Swift announced "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying on social media she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce the new single will be out on Friday. A new deluxe version of her latest album, with four new songs, "The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore," is also out on Friday.

The "Patient Zero" music video features actors Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson and the cinematography was done by Academy Award winner Emmanuel Lubezski.

The VMAs will mark a milestone for Swift, who will be given the VMAs' first-ever Artist Director Honors, which organizers said recognizes artists "whose work behind the camera has expanded the possibilities of music video and advanced the art of visual storytelling."

The new accolade guarantees Swift, who is also nominated in 11 categories, will become the show's most-awarded artist, breaking the tie between her and Beyoncé.

The VMAs air on CBS television stations and MTV beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET, 4:30 p.m. PT., on Sunday, Sept. 27. The show will also be streaming on Paramount+.