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Rafah border remains closed amid mounting calls for Gaza aid: Reporter's notebook

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The border remains closed, stranding the more than 200 trucks loaded down with aid in Egypt. CAIRO -- The wait continues at the Rafah border crossing. After all sides -- President Joe Biden, the Egyptian government, Egyptian state media, multiple sources -- pointed toward a Friday border opening, it now seems all but assured that won't happen. The border remains closed, stranding the more than 200 trucks loaded down with aid in Egypt. More than 4,000 tons of food, water, medicine and other aid items are now piled up and ready to enter Gaza, according to a senior Egyptian aid official at the border, which is between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres made a short stop at the border crossing Friday, the most senior international official to do so since the crisis began. Standing at a podium in front of the shuttered crossing, he implored that it be opened, and the trucks sent through. "So, these trucks are not just trucks. They are a li...

Evan Gershkovich remains detained in Russian prison 6 months later

Friday marks six months since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested and detained by Russian authorities on espionage charges. Friday marks six months since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested and detained by Russian authorities on espionage charges, allegations that Gershkovich, the WSJ, the U.S. government and dozens of international news organizations have vehemently denied. Gershkovich remains behind bars in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo prison . In March, Gershkovich, who was an accredited correspondent in Russia, was on a reporting trip in the city of Yekaterinburg, when he was arrested by the country’s powerful FSB domestic intelligence service. The U.S. government has declared Gershkovich wrongfully detained and most experts believe Russia has seized him as a bargaining chip to use as leverage with the United States, similar to other Americans held hostage by the Kremlin, such as the WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul W...