William Brangham:

We will delve into this more deeply after the news summary.

In the day's other news- Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort sued the Justice Department and special counsel Robert Mueller, who's leading the Russia investigation. Manafort has been charged with failing to register as a foreign agent, working for Ukraine. He argues investigators overstepped their bounds by indicting him for conduct unrelated to Russian interference in the election.

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards has now deployed to three provinces to put down protests that began a week ago. At least 21 people have died so far, and the unrest kept spreading today, even as officials organized rallies to support the government. We will have a full report later in the program.

North Korea reopened a cross-border communications channel with South Korea today, for the first time in nearly two years. At the same time, new taunts flew between Washington and Pyongyang. On Monday, Kim Jong-un had warned that he had a nuclear button and his weapons could reach all of the U.S. mainland.

President Trump responded last night, saying- "I too have a nuclear button, but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his, and my button works."

Palestinian officials are condemning what they say is blackmail by President Trump. He charged yesterday the Palestinians are not doing enough to make peace with Israel, and he suggested cutting U.S. funding to the Palestinian Authority.

Today, Palestinian leaders said it's Mr. Trump who sabotaged the peace process by recently recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital.