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Two wildfires in southeastern Georgia continued to threaten homes and lives on Saturday as officials warned that strong winds could spread the flames.

A growing choir of Catholic voices has criticized the Iran conflict by invoking the concept of "just war" – an evolving tradition that has guided Christian thinking about war and peace for 1,500 years.

The latest ceasefire talks between the U.S. and Iran appeared to have failed Saturday after Tehran's top diplomat left Pakistan and President Trump said he told envoys not to go.

Islamic militants and separatists said they attacked several locations in Mali's capital, Bamako, and other cities on Saturday in one of the largest coordinated attacks in the West African country in recent years.

Gunmen attacked several locations in Mali's capital and other cities early Saturday in a possible coordinated assault, residents and authorities said.

In the weeks that followed the January Minneapolis killings of two American citizens by immigration officers, ICE arrests across the country dropped on average by nearly 12%.

Seeking out mines is one of the latest tactics announced by the Trump administration to get traffic moving again through the strait as rising energy prices and wider economic effects pose a political risk.

Palestinians voted on Saturday in the first elections held in part of Gaza in more than two decades, while tens of thousands of Palestinians cast ballots in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

An American delegation is headed to Pakistan to continue talks geared toward ending the two-month war with Iran. One of the focal points of any discussion will be the Strait of Hormuz, where vital maritime traffic remains largely frozen. While Iran's foreign minister is already in the Pakistani capital, his spokesman said there is no meeting planned with the Americans. Stephanie Sy reports.

In our news wrap Friday, the Justice Department is dropping its criminal probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a federal appeals court ruled that President Trump's executive order banning asylum claims at the U.S. southern border is illegal and the FDA said it will fast-track reviews for three psychedelic drugs aimed at treating mental health conditions.

A Special Forces soldier who helped plan the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was indicted for allegedly using classified information about the raid to make prediction market bets. It is raising new concerns about insider trading and the need for regulation. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Liz Landers and David Hill, who writes about gambling for Rolling Stone and American Gambler.

During a meeting in the Oval Office on Thursday, Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks. But on the ground, the truce has been unravelling, with multiple violations by both Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports from southern Lebanon.

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the Justice Department dropping its probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell after admitting it lacked evidence, voters in Virginia approving a redistricting effort benefiting Democrats and President Trump saying he's in no rush to end the Iran war.

Forty years ago, the world's worst nuclear power disaster exploded into history at the Soviet Union's Chornobyl nuclear plant in what is now Ukraine. The ensuing cover-up and clean-up operation made Chornobyl a byword for dereliction and mismanagement. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky and cinematographer Amanda Bailly report from the Chornobyl exclusion zone.

Retired Navy Adm. William McRaven served for nearly four decades in a highly decorated career, from Navy SEAL to commander of the Joint Special Operations Command. He is also widely known for his 2014 speech, "Make Your Bed." More of his speeches are collected in "Duty, Honor, Country & Life: A Tribute to the American Spirit." McRaven joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the new book.

The seeming incongruity of President Donald Trump's expected attendance at an event that honors the press has brought renewed scrutiny to the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a fixture on Washington's spring social calendar that is scheduled for this weekend.

The EU loan is expected to cover about two-thirds of Ukraine's funding needs in 2026 and 2027. Without it, officials warn that Kyiv could have run out of resources to sustain basic state functions and its war effort as early as this spring.

A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a case that forced the state to clamp down on an industry plagued by repeated scandal and notoriously lax oversight.

Businesses have doled out as much as $4 million for last-minute plans to move boats through the Panama Canal in recent weeks, the Panama Canal Authority says, as Iran war's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz generates a seismic shift in global trade flows.

Donald Trump is attending the annual event for the first time as president.