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new video loaded: Ukraine’s Daily Moment of SilenceEvery day at 9 a.m., Ukrainians observe a minute of silence to honor people killed during the Russia-Ukraine war. Our reporter, Maria Varenikova, who has covered the hostilities since 2014, takes us to her hometown to experience this moment.By Maria Varenikova, Coleman Lowndes, Rebecca Suner and Joey SendaydiegoJune 3, 2026

Marcia Lucas, a film editor and important collaborator on the early movies of Martin Scorsese and George Lucas, her first husband, who won an Academy Award for her work on “Star Wars,” died on Wednesday at her home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. She was 80.The cause was cancer, Deidre Von Rock, the lawyer for her estate, said.In the late 1960s, while working with the editor Verna Fields, Marcia Griffin, as she was known then, was assigned to train a newly hired film school graduate named George Lucas.They fell in love and, in 1969, married. Ms. Lucas edited and influenced her…

new video loaded: Battling a Deadly Ebola Outbreak in Eastern CongotranscriptBacktranscriptBattling a Deadly Ebola Outbreak in Eastern CongoAt the heart of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, health care workers are racing to open new treatment centers and ramp up testing. But after years of war, the deadly virus is just one of many challenges they’re facing.“We’re at one of four Ebola treatment centers in Bunia. A 48-year-old woman who is a mother of five has arrived here feeling unwell. Doctors are asking her questions, assessing her, before they take her back to test her for Ebola.”…

new video loaded: The Fashion References in ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’Cats: The Jellicle Ball” has received nine Tony nominations, including one for Qween Jean, the costume designer. Our chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, joins our chief theater critic Helen Shaw to talk with Qween Jean and to uncover some of the show’s hidden references.By Helen Shaw, Vanessa Friedman, Léo Hamelin, Laura Salaberry and Sutton RaphaelJune 2, 2026

new video loaded: What We Saw Driving Through VenezuelaOur reporter Simon Romero takes a roadtrip from Caracas to Cumaná in Venezuela, showing the multiple military checkpoints the regime has along the coast, a constant reminder of the state’s presence.By Simon Romero, Leila Medina, Thomas Vollkommer, Joey Sendaydiego and Adriana Loureiro FernandezJune 1, 2026

A new all-electric aircraft made a test flight in New York City. Our transportation reporter Niraj Chokshi describes what to know.

new video loaded: What I Saw Inside an Ebola WardOur chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, walked inside an Ebola ward where both adults and children were being treated, and where someone had recently died of the disease amid a spiraling outbreak in the region. This is what he saw.By Declan Walsh, Estelle Caswell, Thomas Vollkommer and Arlette BashiziMay 30, 2026

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the Trump administration remained committed to a strategic partnership with India, apparently trying to defuse tensions from President Trump’s aggressive actions in the past year against India and Indians living in the United States.“The U.S.-India relationship has not lost any momentum,” he said in a news conference in New Delhi on the second day of a four-day trip to India. “The relationship continues to be strong.”Mr. Rubio, who has met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other officials on the trip, said the United States wants to continue working with India…

A former member of an infamous left-wing terrorist group was convicted and sentenced on Wednesday to 13 years in prison for a string of violent robberies she committed in Germany to finance her life on the run.Daniela Klette, 67, was part of the Red Army Faction, a group that was originally known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang that committed terrorist acts in Germany from the 1960s until the 1990s. She had been in hiding for more than 30 years before she was found living in plain sight in Berlin in 2024 under an assumed name.A panel of five judges ruled that…

new video loaded: How Cannes Is Grappling With ChangesReporting from the Cannes Film Festival, our film critic Alissa Wilkinson describes how the event is both fending off and embracing aspects of artificial intelligence.By Alissa Wilkinson and Edward VegaMay 26, 2026