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On the next Thru Line from NPR. For the presidency, I'm indebted to Almighty God. I'm in charge of the country and I need to serve all the American people and not just the political machine. The origins of the modern civil service. Listen to Thru Line wherever you get your podcasts. Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. President Trump hosts a White House meeting today with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

As Dan Karpanchuk reports from Toronto, the two leaders are set to discuss trade, tariffs, and security. Karni was elected mainly on his campaign of being the best leader to deal with Trump. The two have already had a couple of phone conversations described as positive. Now as Carney is set to arrive at the White House, some analysts are concerned that he set the right tone, a diplomatic balancing act where he and Trump can find common ground, while Carney holds firm on Canadian sovereignty. They fear the specter of the dressing down of President Vladimir Zelensky when he visited

the White House. Carney has already said the focus of the talks will be tariffs as well as the future economic and security relationship. It's a high stakes meeting for Carney who must stand up for Canada but walk a fine line in how he does it. For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpanchuk in Toronto. President Trump says he plans to meet with the leaders of the movie industry to discuss his proposed tariffs on foreign-made films.

More from NPR's Franko Ordonez. President Trump announced on social media that he plans to impose 100% tariff on foreign-made films, pinning the issue as a matter of national security. At the White House, Trump said the industry had been abandoned. I'm not looking to hurt the industry. I want to help the industry. But they're given financing by other countries. Trump says he authorized the U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer to begin the process of taxing

any and all movies that, quote, are produced in foreign lands. Trump said the goal was to create jobs. He argued that Hollywood may have a nice sign, but it doesn't do very much of the business anymore. Like so much of American manufacturing, production has largely left the U.S. to save money. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, The White House. Rwanda's foreign minister confirms that his nation has spoken with the Trump administration about possibly accepting migrants deported from the U.S. As Kate Bartlett reports, he stressed discussions were still in an early stage.

Foreign Affairs Minister Olivia Onderhund-Urahe told Rwandan TV that talks are ongoing. He said his country had experience in the matter after Rwanda made a similar deal to accept expelled migrants from the UK. That multi-million dollar deal was found unlawful by the British Supreme Court and ultimately scrapped. One of President Trump's key policies is a crackdown on illegal immigration and he has started mass deportations that are being challenged in court. His secretary of state Marco Rubio said last month the US.S. was searching for countries that would accept deportees.

For NPR News, I'm Kate Butler in Johannesburg. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security is offering to pay $1,000 to illegal immigrants who leave the U.S. voluntarily. DHS says individuals who use the CBP home app to self-deport will be prioritized. This is NPR. The Trump administration is defending Biden-era rules that eased access to the abortion pill Mififistone. The Justice Department is asking a federal judge in Texas to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to restrict access to Mififistone. The move comes after Attorneys General of Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri

revoked a lawsuit that was initially filed by an anti-abortion group and dismissed last year by the Supreme Court. In one of his final wishes, Pope Francis requested that one of his Pope-mobiles be turned into a mobile health clinic for children in Gaza. NPR's Ruth Sherlock has this update. The Vatican's official media says the Pope Mobile that Pope Francis used during his 2014 visit to the Holy Land is being outfitted with diagnostic and emergency medical equipment to help young patients in Gaza. Health services have been decimated during Israel's war against Hamas in the Palestinian enclave. The Pope Mobile will carry things like suture kits and vaccines and be run by medical staff. The Catholic aid organisation Caritas Jerusalem,

which leads the initiative, has to navigate restrictions on access to Gaza, but ultimately plans to deploy the clinic to communities that now survive without health facilities. Pope Francis called the Holy Family Church in Gaza almost every day throughout the war, including from his hospital bed, as he was critically ill with double pneumonia. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, Rome. US futures are flat and after hours trading on Wall Street, on Asia Pacific market shares are mixed up 1% in Tokyo and in Shanghai. This is NPR News.

You may have heard that President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block and in Shanghai. This is NPR News.