News Wrap: King Charles returning to public duties after 3-months of cancer treatment

The U.N. said roughly 65 percent of the buildings destroyed in Gaza have been residential ones.

The U.S. military today announced a new weapons package to rearm Ukraine's air defenses. It includes more Patriot missiles, but not the additional patriot batteries that Ukraine had wanted.

Still, in Washington, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he believes this package, along with other weapons, will meet Ukraine's needs.

Lloyd Austin, U.S. Secretary of Defense: They need other types of systems and interceptors as well. And so, I would caution us all in terms of making the Patriot the silver bullet. I would say that it's going to be the integrated air and missile defenses, as we have said so many times before, that really turns the tide.

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For his part, Xi said China and the U.S. must seek common ground, rather than engage in what he called — quote — "vicious competition."

Britain's King Charles will return to public duties next week after a three-month break for cancer treatment. Buckingham Palace said today that doctors are very encouraged by his progress so far. The palace has not yet said what kind of cancer the king has.

Here at home, the Biden administration has again delayed a ban on menthol cigarettes. Xavier Becerra, the secretary of Health and Human Services, announced it today, saying — quote — "It's clear that there are still more conversations to have, and that will take significantly more time."

The ban could have angered Black voters, since 80 percent of Black smokers use menthol cigarettes.

U.S. poultry producers will have to cut salmonella bacteria in some chicken products to very low levels to prevent food poisoning. A final Agriculture Department regulation issued today applies to frozen, breaded and stuffed raw chicken. It takes effect next year. Salmonella poisoning causes roughly 420 deaths and 1.3 million infections annually in the U.S.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating whether last year's Tesla recall went far enough. The software update aimed to keep drivers alert while using the autopilot feature, but there have been more crashes since then. Today, the agency said the autopilot feature — quote — "may lead drivers to believe that the automation has greater capabilities than it does."

And on Wall Street, strong earnings at Microsoft and Alphabet pushed the stock market higher. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 153 points to close at 38239. The Nasdaq rose 316 points. The S&P 500 added 51.