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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis held its first mass last night since Wednesday's deadly shooting. With church pastor, Father Dennis Aaron, addressing the congregation from the church's school auditorium because the church is still a crime scene. He expressed hope for a better day. That's what we do now at Annunciation. We watch for that light of a new day. We watch for that light that will scatter every day. darkness. We watch for that light that will never fade, that will only grow stronger. Two students were killed in the shooting, 18, wounded nearly all of them children. At least seven

victims were still hospitalized as of Saturday. Authorities have identified the government as a 23-year-old former student who took his own life. To China now, where world leaders are arriving for a summit seen as a countermeasure to U.S. influence. The organization brings together leaders from countries known as the Global South, including Russia and India, from Taipei. Yang Kamets and Brumby has more. The red carpet has been rolled out for foreign leaders in China's northern city of Tianzing. Founded in 2001, the Shanghai Corporation Organization Summit has shifted from focusing on security to also including economic cooperation.

It offers a view of what a non-US-dominated international order might look like. In a meeting ahead of the summit start, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told China's president Xi Jinping that India was committed to progressing relations between the two states. The comments come just days after the U.S. hit India with 50 percent tariffs for buying Russian oil. For NPR news, I'm Yan Khamenzhen, Brumby, in Taipei. Thousands of customers were left without power this morning in southern Ukraine. Officials say a Russian drone attack damaged four power facilities near the city of Odessa. The regional governor says homes and administrative buildings were also damaged.

troops have recovered the bodies of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza. The Israeli military also targeted the main spokesman of Hamas in an air strike. Here's NPR's Daniel Estrin reporting from Tel Aviv. The Israeli military says it's recovered the bodies of two Israelis killed in the Hamas attack on southern Israel, October 7, 2023. Israel says the two were killed trying to protect others during the attack and their bodies were taken to Gaza. Now 48 hostages remain in Gaza, including 20, believed to still be alive. Two weeks ago, Hamas agreed to a proposal by Egypt and Qatar to free half of the remaining hostages. Israel previously agreed to those terms, but Israel has not responded to the proposal.

Israel says it wants all, not half of the hostages. On Saturday, the Israeli military targeted the top spokesman of Hamas in Gaza. Israel says he was killed in the strike. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv. And you're listening to NPR News. A school district in Florida is among the systems responding to pressure to go back to an outdated method of handling head lice. Blake Farmer, member station WPLN reports. For two decades, health authorities have discouraged excluding kids with lice since it's not really a health hazard.

The Hernando School District in Florida embraced the new guidance a few years ago. Then school board member Casey Hawkins says teachers started complaining about kids in class with active infestations. That's unfair to all of our students who do not have lice, and it's unfair to our teachers. The Hernando School Board went back to the old policy. Districts from Massachusetts, Ohio, Georgia, and Texas are feeling the same pressure. But medical experts say a kid scratching uncontrollably has had lice for weeks already, so there's little harm in staying and more harm from being singled out and missing class. For NPR News, I'm Blake Farmer.

The French art community is rebelling against a plan to move the 11th century Bayou Tapestry to London Didia Reichner is an art historian and journalist who's leading a campaign to stop the tapestry from being moved from France. The tapestry is in bad shape. There are many holes, there are tears, foldings, et cetera. It has not been restored. You cannot do this without risk. It's evident if you think about it. The people who work on it, they all tell us this.

We must listen to them. The tapestry depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066. French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to loan. it to the British Museum to go on display about a year from now while the Bayou Museum shuts down for at least two years while a new display area is built. Today's the last day to see it in France. I'm Giles Snyder, NPR News.