Good evening, I'm Amman Nawaz.

And I'm Jeff Bennett.

On the news hour tonight, they should have done the deal.

I told him, do the deal.

President Trump urges Iran to surrender amid the prospect of direct U.S. involvement in its escalating war with Israel.

Senate Republicans proposed changes to the president's budget bill with major implications

for Medicaid and green energy.

And farmers turn to artificial intelligence to help feed the world's most populous country.

People think agriculture means losses, and I want to prove that it's sustainable with short, middle, and long-term

strategies.

Welcome to the News Hour.

President Trump convened his top national security aides today for a crucial meeting on Iran as Israel's air campaign continued for a fifth day.

The meeting came after Mr. Trump left the G7 summit early to fly back to Washington and as the U.S. is sending fighter jets and a second American carrier strike group to the region.

Across Israel today, a now familiar sound. The swell of sirens, signaling incoming missiles from Iran.

A now familiar sight follows, plumes of black smoke after an impact.

Crews raced to put out fires at a bus depot in central Israel after an airstrike left this crater in the ground.

Nearby, explosions were seen around a Mossad building in a separate attack.

Iran claims it hit the intelligence agency's headquarters,

which Israel has not confirmed. To the north, a funeral for a mother and two daughters from

the Khatib family, killed when an Iranian missile hit their home in the Arab-Israeli town

of Tamra over the weekend. In the meantime, Israel said today one of its strikes on Iran

killed a top military commander.

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