Blinken Renews Push for Middle East Truce, and U.S. Abortions Increase

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<p>Plus, a radical approach to flooding in England.  </p><p> </p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/world/middleeast/blinken-netanyahu-cease-fire.html" target="_blank"><strong>Blinken Urges Netanyahu to Seek Truces in Gaza and Lebanon</strong></a>, <i>by Michael Crowley, Aaron Boxerman, Hwaida Saad and Thomas Fuller</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/upshot/abortions-rising-state-bans.html" target="_blank"><strong>Abortions Have Increased, Even for Women in States With Rigid Bans, Study Says</strong></a>, <i>by Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/us/politics/election-warning-russia-iran.html" target="_blank"><strong>U.S. Fears Russia Might Be Planning Post-Election Chaos</strong></a>, <i>by Steven Lee Myers and Julian E. Barnes</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/us/politics/giuliani-defamation-forfeit-assets.html" target="_blank"><strong>Judge Orders Giuliani to Forfeit Millions in Assets to Election Workers He Defamed</strong></a>, <i>by Eileen Sullivan</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/us/politics/freshman-enrollment-appears-to-decline-for-the-first-time-since-2020.html" target="_blank"><strong>Freshman Enrollment Appears to Decline for the First Time Since 2020</strong></a>, <i>by Zach Montague</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/world/europe/uk-steart-marshes-carbon-climate-change-flooding.html" target="_blank"><strong>A Radical Approach to Flooding in England: Give Land Back to the Sea</strong></a>, <i>by Rory Smith</i></p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>