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Louisiana requires public schools to display the 10 Commandments in classrooms. Plus escalating

tensions between Israel and Hezbollah raise the risk of an all-out war.

Neither side really appears to want this war.

What both sides want is a diplomatic agreement.

That's certainly what the Americans want.

But what we're seeing is that essentially as long as the fighting continues in Gaza,

there's no actual negotiation.

And issues with Boeing's starliner spacecraft delay the return of astronauts back to Earth.

It's Thursday, June 20th.

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

and here is the AM edition of What's News?

The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

In a show of defiance against the US-led West, Russia and North Korea yesterday struck a deal to aid each

other if attacked.

The new partnership was announced during a summit in Pyongyang with Russian President Vladimir Putin in attendance,

and while security experts have told the journal that the deal doesn't appear to guarantee an automatic commitment to deploy troops to protect each other.

It nevertheless signals the swift advancement of formal ties between Moscow and Pyongyang

after Kim Jong-un visited Russia last year.

In the ensuing months, North Korea has increased shipments of munitions

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