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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A federal judge in California finds the Trump administration broke the law when it sent National Guard members and active duty Marines to Los Angeles this year to counter protests that challenge the government's tactics in its illegal immigration crackdown. Cracking down on illegal migration and drug cartels will top the agenda as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to Mexico today and later to Ecuador. Michelle Kellerman has more on that. Secretary Rubio plans to meet with Mexican president, Claudio Shanebaum, to discuss security cooperation. Shane Bomb has rejected talk of potential U.S. military action against drug cartels in Mexico, saying the relationship must be based on mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.

A U.S. official has played down expectations of any change in U.S. policy. This will be Rubio's fourth trip in the Western Hemisphere, a big focus. of his tenure as Secretary of State, China's influence is another major topic, and his aides say there will be discussions with Ecuador's president about that country's debt to China. Michelle Kellerman and PR News, the State Department. In the coming hours, Chinese President Xi Jinping will preside over a massive military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The U.S. and other Western powers will not be there, but some of the most heavily

sanctioned countries in the world will, including Iran, North Korea, and Russia. Russia, which has so far resisted President Trump's pressure to stop attacking Ukraine, announced earlier that it planned to increase gas supplies to China. Belgium is joining a growing list of countries that are pledging to recognize a Palestinian state. Many of them plan to do so at the United Nations General Assembly later this month. NPR's Lauren Fair reports, the U.K. is also among those that support a Palestinian state. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy told Parliament the UK is on track to grant full recognition to a Palestinian state.

He also announced another $20 million in medical aid for Gaza and said, I'm outraged by the Israeli government's refusal to allowing sufficient aid. The UK is evacuating critically injured children from Gaza. Lammy told Parliament they'll arrive here in the coming weeks. His government is also arranging travel for Gaza. Gaza and students who've won scholarships at U.K. universities. Israel denies starvation in Gaza and alleges Hamas is stealing supplies. Lauren Friar and PR News, London. President Trump's just confirmed the new home of U.S. Space Command Headquarters. I am thrilled to report that

the U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of a place called Huntsville, Alabama. The headquarters relocating from Colorado Springs, Colorado. This is NPR News. A Texas man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of an 11-year-old boy over a ding-dong ditch prank.

Houston Public Media's Alejandra Hart reports 42-year-old Leon Gonzalez Jr. is accused of fatally shooting a boy who witnesses say was ringing doorbells and running away. The shooting occurred Saturday around 11 p.m. in East Houston. Detective Sergeant Michael Cass says the boy was with other kids running down the street after ringing the doorbell when someone inside the home opened fire. A witness said someone ran out of that house and shot one of the people was shooting at the kids running down the street.

And unfortunately and sadly enough, one of the boys who was 11 years old was shot in the back. Police have identified that boy as 11-year-old Julian Guzman. A similar incident occurred earlier this year in Virginia. A man was charged with second-degree murder after allegedly shooting a teen, filming a ding-dong ditched TikTok prank with his friends. For NPR News, I'm Alexandra Hart in Houston. Brazil's Supreme Court is deciding whether former president, Jail Bolsonaro, is guilty of leading a conspiracy to stay in power after he lost a 2022 election

and, if convicted, what his punishment should be. Bolsonaro denies he broke any laws and has repeatedly asserted he is the victim of political persecution. Bolsonaro is under house arrest while the court panel deliberates. The power of ball jackpot is now up to $1.3 billion. Nobody's hit the jackpot since May 31st. The odds of matching all six numbers are still astronomically small. One in 292 million. It's NPR.