A. G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times, issued a warning about the rising hostility toward journalists around the world, often encouraged by the example of the Trump administration. Among his examples was a news-breaking one: the exit of a correspondent from Egypt under threat of arrest, aided by a U.S. official who feared the administration would sit on the early warning.

“The United States has done more than any other country to popularize the idea of free expression and to champion the rights of the free press,” Mr. Sulzberger writes. “The time has come for us to fight for those ideals again.”

Here’s what else is happening

Ukraine-Trump saga: President Trump directed the acting White House chief of staff to freeze more than $391 million in aid to Ukraine in the days before he spoke with the country’s new president, two senior administration officials said. He denied accusations that he was trying to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, as calls for impeachment grew.

Spain: The police arrested nine activists linked to pro-Catalan independence groups on suspicion that they may have been plotting violence.

Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief opponent, Benny Gantz, agreed to begin talks for a possible power-sharing deal after last week’s election left Israel in political gridlock. Their negotiating teams will meet again today.

Migration: European lawmakers, seizing on fresh momentum after the collapse of Italy’s anti-immigrant government, are working on a deal that would redistribute migrants on aid ships to member states and lift heavy burdens on front-line countries like Greece, Italy and Malta.