GEOFF BENNETT: We start today's other headlines in Ukraine, where a massive Russian drone and missile barrage killed at least 25 people overnight, including three children.

Two apartment blocks collapsed in the attack on the Western city of Chernobyl.

At least two dozen people are still unaccounted for.

Meantime, in Turkey, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Turkey's president today, with both leaders expressing their commitment to a peaceful settlement to the war.

Turkey has strong ties to Russia, and Zelenskyy is hoping that President Erdogan can help convince Russia to end the fighting.

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, Ukrainian President (through translator): We talked substantively about the situation in diplomacy.

There is no alternative to peace.

Russia must understand that there can be no reward for waging war and committing killings.

GEOFF BENNETT: Also today, the Trump administration has dispatched Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to Kyiv.

A defense official tells the "News Hour" that it's a diplomatic mission, not a military trip, and that he will also speak with Russian officials.

It comes amid reports that the U.S.

and Russia are hammering out a proposal for ending the war without the involvement of Ukraine.

Israel's military stepped up its strikes on Southern Lebanon today as it targets what it says are Hezbollah weapons storage facilities.

Israel says Hezbollah fighters are regrouping in the area, but to not provide evidence.

The group says it has abided by the terms of a cease-fire that require Hezbollah to end its military presence along their shared border.

The attacks come a day after an Israeli airstrike killed 13 people at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.

It was the deadliest incident since the cease-fire started a year ago.

In North Carolina, federal immigration agents have expanded their operations to include the state's capital, Raleigh.

WOMAN: They just keep going into this job site, this building site in downtown Cary, and just keep pulling people out and putting them in that car.

GEOFF BENNETT: Cell phone footage captured federal agents arresting multiple people at a construction site Tuesday in a Raleigh suburb.

Meantime, in Charlotte, Homeland Security officials said today that more than 250 people have been arrested since an operation started there last weekend.

That's about double the figure from earlier this week.

Onlookers at a shopping mall yesterday described one such arrest.

MIRIAM GUZZARDI, Charlotte, North Carolina, Resident: When we got here, he was on the ground, and they had their rifles pointed at him.

And he was just screaming for help.

GEOFF BENNETT: North Carolina has become the latest focus of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration following similar enforcement efforts in cities like Los Angeles and Chicago.

Federal officials have provided few details on those arrested.

The U.S.

trade deficit dropped sharply in August, as President Trump's global tariffs took effect.

The Commerce Department reported a 24 percent fall in what the U.S.

bought from other countries compared to what it sold.

It's one of the first concrete examples of the economic impact of the Trump global tariffs, which took effect on August 7.

Today's report was delayed by more than seven weeks because of the government shutdown.

A.I.

giant Nvidia posted quarterly results this afternoon that surged past expectations.

The company generated $57 billion in quarterly revenue and provided stronger-than-expected sales guidance.

The results came after the closing bell on Wall Street and are expected to ease concerns about an A.I.

bubble.

Ahead of those results, stocks posted modest gains.

The Dow Jones industrial average added nearly 50 points.

The Nasdaq rose around 130 points.

The S&P 500 ended the day with a gain of about 25 points.

And Roger Federer is heading to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

The body's honorary president, Kim Clijsters, told the tennis legend via video link in his first year of eligibility.

KIM CLIJSTERS, Honorary President, International Tennis Hall of Fame: It is my great honor to officially let that you are going to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2026.

GEOFF BENNETT: Federer was the first man to win 20 Grand Slam championships, racking up eight Wimbledon titles and five consecutive U.S.

Open wins.

He called it a tremendous honor.

Curacao is now the smallest country by population to ever qualify for a World Cup.

The island nation's team held Jamaica to a draw yesterday to advance to the tournament.

Curacao is an autonomous Dutch territory of just 156,000 people.

So that meant the team relied heavily on players born and raised in the Netherlands.

They take the record from Iceland and its 350,000 people, which made the World Cup back in 2018.

(CHEERING) GEOFF BENNETT: Fans celebrated the achievement in Curacao's capital last night, saying their time had come.

MAN: Yes, I think we deserve this.

And then we are now going directly to the World Cup with our players.

It's time to celebrate for us right now.

(CHEERING) GEOFF BENNETT: And Haiti's soccer fans also have reason to celebrate.

Their team is heading to the World Cup after beating Nicaragua yesterday.

It'll be the first time Haiti will play in the tournament since it was held in West Germany back in 1974.

Still to come on the "News Hour": a new PBS News poll shows Democrats with an edge ahead of next year's midterm elections;the benefits and risks of more artificial intelligence being used in K-12 education; and a new exhibition showcases the pioneering work of fashion designer Andrew Gn.