Joe Biden under renewed pressure to step aside | First Thing

Actor George Clooney joins Democratic senator to publicly call on president to consider broader picture. Plus, lawyers gear up to fight for the ocean

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Good morning.

Joe Biden has come under renewed moral pressure to abandon his presidential candidacy amid appeals by a succession of senior Democrats for him to consider the broader picture.

What happens next? All eyes will be on Biden's press conference at the Nato 75th anniversary event later today as he takes off-script questions from the media.

What did Unwra say after the evacuation order? People continue to flee from a place to another looking for safety, but nowhere is safe in the Gaza Strip. No school. No hospital. No UN building," the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on X, adding: 4 schools in Gaza have been hit in the last 4 days."

What's happening with aid? A US military pier, built two months ago as a way to bring sea-borne humanitarian aid into Gaza, is to be permanently dismantled within a few days. The pier has been criticized from the start for failing to address the causes of why Israel was blocking aid into Gaza.