Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.

- Ceasefire in trouble after Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, followed by Iran closure of Hormuz Strait;
- State senate bill would hike penalties for assaulting utility workers similar to police and firefighters, civil rights groups call it failed tough-on-crime approach;
- California bill aims to reduce ticket scalping by capping resale prices, critics say would empower big ticket retailers;
- Dem Senator Schumer announces Senate vote next week on war powers resolution to “end this reckless war of choice”;
- UN Relief Coordinator says rise in killings of humanitarian workers, collapse in humanitarian funding, are symptoms of “lawless, bellicose, selfish and violent world”

