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Russia is cutting off natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, and has demanded countries pay for energy in rubles. The move is seen as a warning by Russia to bigger European energy consumers.

As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prepares for her trip to the Middle East, host Debbie Elliot talks with Richard Murphy about U.S. diplomacy efforts in the region. Murphy served under both Democratic and Republican presidents and is a former ambassador to Syria and Saudi Arabia.

The file-sharing software firm Grokster has agreed to close its service and pay a $50-million penalty to settle a lawsuit with entertainment companies. The move comes five months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Grokster in an intellectual property dispute. Day to Day tech contributor Xeni Jardin reports on what the move means for the future of file sharing on the Internet.

Iranian negotiators are due to arrive in Moscow Monday for discussions about moving Tehran's nuclear fuel production to Russia. Moscow says its proposal offers the best hope for breaking Tehran's standoff with the West.

Supreme Court nominee John Roberts begins a series of courtesy calls, meeting members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and leaders of both parties. Congress goes into recess at the end of July; confirmation hearings for Roberts could begin in September.

Israeli politicians and commentators, for the moment at least, clearly support the country's military operations in Lebanon. But the goals -- and the final result -- of that operation are less clear.

Ivo Daalder, senior fellow of Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, talks with Michele Norris about the doctrine of pre-emptive war. Daalder is in Princeton, N.J., where he is attending a conference on the pre-emption doctrine.

Nutrition researchers are pushing for a big increase in the daily recommended dose of Vitamin D. Dozens of recent studies suggest that deficiencies of the vitamin make people more vulnerable to everything from fractures to certain cancers and diabetes.

Hair and makeup workers at The Atlanta Opera are looking to join a union. But the opera argues the workers are independent contractors and not employees. (Story aired on ATC on Feb. 20, 2022.)

In two weeks, some 50,000 Israeli soldiers and police expect to remove Israeli settlements -- and their supporters -- in Gaza. The troops involved have been undergoing mental and physical training for the duty. They expect the settlers to appeal to their patriotism, and at the same time to resist, using all sorts of unexpected tactics.