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President Biden has decided to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly — not at the White House — after a long internal debate over political optics and foreign policy considerations, according to three U.S. officials.

Why it matters: The expected meeting in New York next week will be the first in-person between Netanyahu and Biden since the prime minister returned to office nearly nine months ago — a highly unusual delay considering the close alliance between the U.S. and Israel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday former President Trump's legal woes reveal the "rottenness of the American political system" and are politically motivated.

Why it matters: Tuesday marked the first time Putin has publicly commented on Trump's legal woes since the former president was indicted in Georgia in August.

The death toll from a major storm that caused "catastrophic" flooding in northeastern Libya is expected to rapidly rise, with officials saying on Tuesday at least 10,000 people were still missing.

The big picture: Estimates by east Libyan officials put the death toll from Mediterranean Storm Daniel between 2,000 and 5,200 people as of late Tuesday local time.

U.S. astronaut Ellen Ochoa and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor are among the people featured in several new young adult and children's books celebrating notable Latinos.

Why it matters: Most of Latino history is not mentioned in U.S. textbooks, according to a study by Johns Hopkins University and UnidosUS this year.

Fifty years after the coup that ushered in the long and repressive dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, Chileans are divided over their country's past.

Driving the news: Many remain haunted — and continue to search for answers and call for accountability. But others, including a growing right-wing faction, see Pinochet as a model and his legacy of fighting communism as one to embrace.

Chileans on Monday commemorated 50 years since President Salvador Allende was ousted in a coup, ushering in the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who was accused of widespread human rights abuses.

The big picture: Over the 17 years Pinochet was in power, 40,000 people were detained, tortured, killed or forcibly disappeared and up to 20,000 children were kidnapped, according to a truth commission.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un's armored train arrived in Russia's far east on Tuesday morning local time, Russian state media reported.

Why it matters: The official visit comes amid concerns that North Korea could supply weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

Secretary of State Tony Blinken last week signed a waiver to allow banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds without the fear of being harmed by U.S. sanctions, the State Department said on Monday.

Why it matters: The move is a "critical step" for a prisoner swap deal between the U.S. and Iran to move forward, the State Department said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned to North Korea "with a tin cup in hand" for aid in its war on Ukraine, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chair told ABC News in an upcoming interview.

The big picture: Gen. Mark Milley's comment comes amid spiking U.S. concern over deepening military ties between Russia and North Korea as Pyonyang state media reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is en route to the Kremlin in his armored train.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio just set a new record for the longest U.S. spaceflight mission.

Driving the news: Rubio, who's also the first person of Salvadoran origin to go to space, eclipsed the previous record of 355 consecutive days in space on Monday, per a NASA online statement.

Satellite images taken before and after Friday's powerful earthquake in Morocco show how destructive — and deadly — tremors in this part of the country, where many homes are made of mud brick, can be.

The big picture: The death toll of the 6.8 magnitude earthquake, which hit about 44 miles southwest of Marrakech, topped 2,800 late Monday local time with more than 2,500 others injured. Those numbers are expected to rise as rescuers race against time to get to the most remote villages and towns in hopes of finding survivors.

DraftKings apologized Monday after using the 9/11 terror attacks as a theme for a bet.

Driving the news: DraftKings — a leader in the legal, online sports betting industry — took down the parlay bet titled "Never Forget" after an outcry on social media on the 22nd anniversary of the attacks.

The death toll from the powerful earthquake that hit Morocco late Friday climbed to more than 2,800 on Monday as rescue workers raced to find survivors trapped under the rubble, state media reported, citing the country's Interior Ministry.

The big picture: Officials warned the death toll was expected to rise as rescuers make their way to areas that have been hard to reach. More than 2,500 people were injured in the quake, which struck the country's High Atlas mountains.

The U.S. and Bahrain are expected to sign a strategic security and economic agreement this week that will upgrade the U.S. security commitment to the Gulf kingdom, according to three sources briefed on the issue.

Why it matters: Bahrain is a key U.S. partner in the Gulf. The Navy's 5th Fleet is headquartered on a large U.S. naval base there. In 2002, the Gulf kingdom became a major non-NATO ally of the U.S. — an important symbolic designation but one that does not include any security commitments.

Two foreign aid volunteers were reported killed and two others injured in a Russian missile strike in eastern Ukraine on Sunday.

The big picture: The deaths of Road to Relief's Spanish director Emma Igual and her Canadian colleague Anthony Ihnat come a month after the United Nations reported that about 100 incidents had impacted humanitarian operations from January through June.