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Also: The IRS and its fight against cybercriminals; the NRA rewrites fairy tales depicting children using firearms; and the Rolling Stones have arrived in Cuba to play a free concert tonight.

In Baghdad, top U.N. weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei say they see "the beginning of a change of heart on the part of Iraq." But they also express caution, and warn Iraq to take more steps to facilitate the inspection process. NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Baghdad.

The UN's top humanitarian and emergency relief official has told NPR that the lack of attention from world leaders to the war in Sudan is the "billion dollar question".

The Palestinian delegation to the United Nations has dropped its bid to secure a top U.N. job after the U.S. threatens to revoke their visas.

Just more than a year ago, Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) stood in the way of controversial U.N. ambassador pick John Bolton. The Bush administration worked around Senate opposition by giving Bolton a recess appointment to the job. Now Bolton is back up for Senate confirmation.

The world's astronomers finally voted today on the highly controversial issue of how to define a planet. The official definition means Pluto is no longer a planet. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on the pandemonium in the convention halls of Prague, where the astronomers are meeting.

Georgia looms large in politics — both in the ongoing Jan. 6 committee's work, and in upcoming elections.

The singer's album was released last May and spent 13 weeks at the top of the Billboard chart and was streamed more than 350 million times in the first week alone.

Also: The U.S. flies bombers over South Korea again in a show of force; the U.N. holds a meeting on drug-resistant bacteria; and "L.A. Confidential" director Curtis Hanson dies.

Also: Donald Trump cancels a planned speech on immigration; the U.N. repeats calls for a humanitarian truce in Syria; and Tropical Storm Gaston gains strength in the Atlantic Ocean.