Judy Woodruff:

In the day's other news: U.S.-backed forces advanced slowly against the last pocket of Islamic State territory in Eastern Syria. Rocket fire and air assault continued into the night on Baghouz. Some 500 I.S. fighters are believed holed up there, along with several thousand women and children.

An Iranian court has reportedly issued a verdict in the case of a detained American, Michael White. An Iranian news agency says a verdict has been issued. But there is no word on what it is, or even what the charges are. White is a U.S. Navy veteran arrested in Iran last July. In all, five Americans are being held there.

In Malaysia, a court released Siti Aisyah, who had been accused of killing the half-brother of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un. She flew home to Indonesia, and was reunited with her parents after prosecutors dropped the murder charge. Her lawyer said they gave no reason.