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Support for NPR and the following message come from the Limelson Foundation, working to harness the power of invention and innovation to accelerate climate action and improve lives around the world. Learn more at limelson.org. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump is on his way to Malaysia as he begins a three-nation visit to Asia. He'll meet Southeast Asian leaders at a summit in Kuala Lumpur. Adam Hancock reports from the Malaysian capital. President Trump is making his first visit to Asia since taking office for the second time,

attending the ASEAN summit, where he is expected to hold talks with the Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim before witnessing the signing of a Thailand-Cambodia peace deal. The US leader has taken credit for ending the conflict, which saw dozens of people killed and hundreds of thousands displaced during border skirmishes in July. Tariffs are also set to be on the agenda after Trump targeted export-reliant economies in this region. Trump will head to Japan on Monday before a scheduled meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea later in the week. For NPR news, I'm Adam Hancock in Kuala Lumpur. Pressure is growing on the Trump administration to keep funding food aid during the federal government shutdown.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden has our report. Members of Congress, state and local officials have all urged the administration to not let $8 billion of snap funding end in November. The U.S. Conference of Mayors says it's vital. to local budgets and public health systems. Joel Berg, with Hunger Free America, says the money gets spent at 260,000 retailers. Farmers markets, big box stores, grocery stores are going to lose that income. I think some stores may actually be forced to lay off employees. Food policy experts say the Agriculture Department can and must use contingency funds to keep

snap going. The agency says there's not enough money and payments are on hold. Jennifer Lutton, NPR News, Washington. Officials in Ukraine say Russian strikes in the last day have killed at least eight people and wounded dozens more across that country. MPR's Geronika Kisis reports from Kiv that the strikes hit neighborhoods and the energy grid, as Russia dismisses calls for a ceasefire there. Russia launched nine ballistic missiles and 62 attack drones called Shaheds,

which resemble small planes and often carry warheads. Ukraine's military says it did shoot down 50 drones and four missiles. In the capital, Kiev, missiles killed at least two people and injured at least a dozen. Russia also hit the southern Ukrainian region of Herzln with glide bombs, artillery, and attack drones, killing at least three people there and injuring more than two dozen, including three children. Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky says Ukraine wants to purchase 25 Patriot Air Defense systems from the U.S. to protect itself from Russian attacks. Joanna Kikisis, NPR News, Kiev. Hurricane Melissa is gaining strength as it moves through the Caribbean Sea. The storm is expected to drop as much as 25 inches of rain on that region. Melissa has already killed at least five people.

This is NPR News. Actress June Lockhart died of natural causes at her home in Santa Monica, California on Thursday. That's according to her publicist in a statement today. She was best known to audiences for her roles in Lassie and lost in space. Lockhart was 100 years old. And Paris, Chloe Veltman, has this remembrance. June Lockhart was one of television's most beloved mothers. She cared for an adopted son and a famous dog as Ruth Martin

in the popular series Lassie from 1958 to 1964. There's no room in this house for two stubborn females. And later in the 1960s, Lockhart explored far-off planets as the matriarch Maureen Robinson in the Kitch Adventure series Lost in Space. Aren't you forgetting a small ingredient for happiness known as love? The daughter of two actors, Lockhart, was born in New York in 1925. Her family moved to Los Angeles a decade later. She made her screen debut in MGM's 1938 movie adaptation of a Christmas Carol,

starring alongside her parents as the Cratchit family. Chloe Veltman, NPR News. In college football, Aidan Fisher intercepted the first pass of the game and returned it for 25 yards in the touchdown. today as number two Indiana routed UCLA, 56 to 6. The Hoosiers extended their home winning streak to 14. Number four, Alabama, meanwhile, had a tougher time.

They needed two touchdowns in the last two and a half minutes to beat unranked South Carolina, 29 to 22. Number eight, Mississippi, meanwhile, slip past Oklahoma, 35 to 26, and Bloomberg. Beat Millersville, 37 to 21, while Alcorn State beat Mississippi Valley, 32 to 10. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR news.

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