Good evening. I'm Amna Navas. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight, Hurricane

Barrel closes in on Jamaica after battering Grenada and Barbados.

Israel launches another assault on Khan Yunus after previously claiming it had destroyed

the Hamas battalions operating in the Ghazin city and a look at how abortion

restrictions in the US disproportionately impact black women. There's both

the financial costs of getting the care,

the abortion itself, but also the logistical issues

of traveling, potentially long distances. Welcome to the news hour. Hurricane Barrel is taking aim at Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Haiti

after leaving a trail of destruction in the southeast Caribbean, including Grenada. The storm has

killed at least six people in the region.

In Barbados, high waters lapped against the shoreline as strong winds whipped through

the trees. Barrel strength has weakened from a category 5 to a category 4 storm during the day,

but officials say it could still devastate island nations with life-threatening winds

and storm surge.

The Biden administration today proposed a new rule to protect U.S. workers from the dangers

of excessive heat exposure on the job.

It could be the first federal heat safety standard of its kind.

President Biden said during a visit to Washington, D.C.'s emergency operations center that the

measure will save lives.

Across the country, workers suffer heat stroke or even die just doing their jobs.

This new rule will substantially reduce heat injuries, illnesses and deaths for over 36 million workers to whom will apply.

From farm workers to construction workers, postal workers,

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