The Hezbollah chief in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, gave a speech for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began almost a month ago. Hezbollah is the most powerful in the so-called Axis of Resistance, a group of Iran-aligned actors allied with Hamas who have escalated attacks on Israel and American troops in recent weeks, raising fears of regional spillover. Simona Foltyn reports from Beirut.
《イスラエルとハマスの戦い28日目; レバノンのヒズボラ指導者ハサン・ナスルッラーフの演説; 戦争拡大は今のところ望んでいない; in his first speech since the Israel-Hamas war started, the head of Hezbollah (= Hassan Nasrallah) in Lebanon suggested the militant group does not want to widen the war, but left open the possibility of escalating its ongoing conflict with Israel; Simona Foltyn; Stand with Palestine, but not fight on its behalf; There is a sense here that Hezbollah does not want to escalate the conflict to a regional level and drag Lebanon into a full-scale war; even if Hezbollah wins that war, Lebanon will lose; Over recent years, the country (= Lebanon) has reeled from a crippling economic and financial crisis, leading to an almost complete collapse of the state; 》

The Biden administration's priorities in the Middle East include preventing a regional escalation and evacuating American citizens from Gaza. The State Department says about 400 Americans stuck in the strip want to leave. One of the American families who already managed to get out is Emilee Rauschenberger and her daughter Noora Abuhamad. They spoke with Nick Schrifin about the experience.
《ガザから脱出したアメリカ人母娘; the U.S. State Department says about 75 of the 400 Americans who want to leave have made it out; One of the American families who managed to get out is Emilee Rauschenberger and her daughter Noora Abuhamad, who join us now from Cairo; 》

The morning Hamas terrorists launched their attack on Israel, there were thousands of innocent Gazan civilians inside Israel working day jobs or seeking medical care. When the war started, they were left stranded. Now, they’ve been told to go back to Gaza, but it's not clear how or when that can happen. Leila Molana-Allen reports.
《ハマスのテロ攻撃があった時、イスラエルで働いていたり医療を受けていた数千人のガザ市民; 動きが取れなくなっている彼らに、ガザに戻るよう命令; いつ、どうやったら戻れるのか不明; Movement for Palestinians from both Gaza and the West Bank is heavily restricted even in peacetime. They can only enter Israel for medical care or to work with special, very limited permits; On the 7th of October, there were nearly 6,000 Gazan workers in Israel. As soon as the attacks happened, their permits were immediately revoked. So, they couldn't stay in Israel, but they couldn't go back to Gaza either; Their only option was to take refuge in Palestinian cities in the West Bank; in Jericho, 1,500 workers are taking temporary shelter in university and police buildings. The Palestinian Authority is doing what it can to help them, but is overwhelmed; 》

U.S. employers slowed hiring in October but the labor market still showed signs of resiliency, President Biden traveled to Lewiston, Maine, where a gunman killed 18 people last week, the Supreme Court agreed to decide if a ban on bump stocks violates federal law and Russia launched its biggest aerial assault on Ukraine in weeks.
《米国雇用統計; The Labor Department reports that, overall, the economy added a net 150,000 jobs last month. That was down sharply from the 297,000 jobs gained in September, due partly to the auto strike; A record-breaking storm that ravaged Western Europe dealt a blow to Italy today, killing at least six people. That brought the total death toll across Europe to 14; India's capital city was shrouded in a thick, toxic haze today. The seasonal blanket of smog sent the air quality index in New Delhi to severe levels, and officials closed schools and banned some vehicles and construction work... The smog is caused by farmers burning crop waste, coupled with a lack of wind; A judge in New York barred lawyers in the Trump civil fraud trial from making statements regarding his staff. Judge Arthur Engoron said former President Trump's attorneys have falsely accused his law clerk of bias; 》

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty of fraud for his role in the collapse of the now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange. It took a jury just over four hours to convict him in one of the biggest financial frauds in history. John Yang discussed the significance of the case with Crystal Kim of Axios.
《サム・バンクマン＝フリードに有罪評決; Crystal Kim, New York-based crypto reporter for Axios; one of the biggest financial frauds in history. Investors lost nearly $10 billion; The maximum prison time in the seven charges that Bankman-Fried was convicted of totals 110 years; Sam did more damage than good by taking the stand in his own defense; the U.S. government had a solid case against Sam. They had the testimonies of his three lieutenants. That's Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, and Nishad Singh. They all pled guilty; yet this trial, for a complex white-collar financial fraud case, moved very quickly. It was 11 months between arrest and conviction; Sam was taken into custody, and he will likely stay at Metropolitan Detention Center until his next trial, which is slated for March 11, 2024. This relates to the bank fraud charge and bribing a foreign government official, though reporters at the trial have been debating whether the case gets dropped before then, given the prosecution's victory yesterday; cryptocurrency; 暗号通貨; 暗号資産; 》

In the year and a half since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion rights have been front and center in elections across the country. That will be true again on Tuesday as races in several states could alter the abortion landscape. Geoff Bennett discussed that with Karen Kasler of Ohio Statehouse News and Charlotte Woods of The Richmond Times Dispatch.
《連邦最高裁がロー対ウェイド判決を破棄してから一年半、妊娠中絶権が再び選挙争点に; In Ohio, voters will decide whether to enshrine reproductive rights in that state's Constitution; in Virginia, control of the state legislature could decide the future of access; In Ohio's case, it goes beyond just abortion rights and also contraception, but also guarantees access to fertility treatments. It guarantees access to miscarriage care and continuing one's own pregnancy; $39 million raised by the supporters of Issue 1. And they have translated that into a lot of ads... The "No" side has raised about $27 million, so fewer ads; the entire state legislature in Virginia is up for grabs this year. Republicans are looking to flip control of the state Senate. And Democrats warn that that could give the GOP the power to pass abortion restrictions; Virginia is the least restrictive state, Southern state, right now when it comes to access (to abortion). Our current law allows abortions up to 26 weeks, with some rare exceptions for later-term abortions that three physicians have to sign off on. Most of the Republicans are proposing a Governor Glenn Youngkin-backed proposal for allowing abortions up to 15 weeks with exceptions afterwards; 》

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the policy and political divides over the Israel-Hamas war, Speaker Mike Johnson's first week on the job and Sen. Tubervillle's block on military promotions.
《金曜恒例：２人の政治アナリストと今週を振り返る; Speaker Johnson still has that one-person motion to vacate hanging over his head; the Marine commandant had a heart attack because he's not just the Marine commandant, but he's doing the job under him as well, two super full-time jobs. And Senator Tuberville, former football coach, not member of the military, not a retired reservist or anything like that, said, well, he's got people who work under him. He's already working long hours. So what's the big deal? I had to do the same thing; I think the big philosophical difference is, most of these senators, they think America has a role in the world. And Tuberville may think that in the abstract, but if he's putting a minor issue ahead of that, then he doesn't really believe that; ジョンソン議長; laddered CR; 機関車トーマス; 》

In the last few weeks, horrific images have emerged from Israel and the Gaza Strip, many involving young people. Here in the U.S., Jewish and Palestinian American parents and their children are grappling with the mental toll of a war thousands of miles away. Geoff Bennett sat down with some of those families to discuss how they are handling the conversations.
《イスラエルとハマスの戦争; アメリカに住むユダヤ系、パレスチナ系の親子に及ぼす影響; 子どもにどう説明するか; 》