Israel reduced the initial number of hostages it wants released to 33. If Hamas agrees to attend, negotiations on a cease-fire could resume in Cairo this week.

A number of factors have converged to make this a moment when the president might be able to break through the stalemate, advisers say. But their optimism has been dashed before.

Also, Russian forces advance in Ukraine before U.S. aid arrives. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

The actor, who has become a #MeToo flashpoint in France, will be tried in October over allegations that he sexually assaulted two women during a 2021 film shoot.

Beware strongmen who engage in magical thinking.

One zebra was still on the loose, after it and three others escaped a trailer in North Bend, Wash. Dozens of people scrambled to help and corralled some of the animals.