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Nuclear weapons have given Hollywood a host of dramatic plot possibilities, from the threat of nuclear war to wholesale destruction to over-the-top fireworks.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jon Finer, Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to the president, on how the United States feels about Israel's ground assault in Gaza.

France's Council of State said the town of Villeneuve-Loubet breached several "fundamental freedoms" by forbidding the swimwear on its beaches. Some 30 towns have instituted such bans this summer.

Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.

- In the Hague, the international war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has sentenced a low-ranking soldier to 10 years in jail for his role in the massacre of 1,200 people and finished the trial of another defendent. Gillian Sharpe reports the second trial is far more complex, with questions of guilt and innocence clouded by emotional testimony and circumstantial evidence.

NPR's Joe Palca reports on some new findings from the outer solar system and beyond. Astronomers meeting in Arizona report finding rain clouds on Jupiter, hints of oxygen in the atmosphere of Jupiter's biggest moon, and signs of yet another planet orbiting a distant star.