3 PM ET: US troops deployed, Zelensky’s warning, deadlier mpox strain & more

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Dozens of US troops have been deployed to the Middle East amid rising tensions between Israel and Hezbollah. Ukraine’s president warned that Russia is planning attacks on the country’s nuclear power plants. A Kentucky sheriff accused of fatally shooting a judge has pleaded not guilty. India has confirmed its first case of a deadlier strain of mpox. And, we’ll explain why China is threatening to sanction the owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger.

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