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Live from NPR news, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump is traveling to Japan for meetings Monday with that country's new prime minister. He's also scheduled to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this week, as NPR's Deepa Shivram tells us. He wants a trade deal. Lately, tensions between the U.S. and China like spiked again over trade when China announced they were going to further limit exports on rare earth minerals, which the U.S. really needs for technology, military equipment. Trump said that he could raise tariffs again on China. by November 1st, but the U.S. and China agreed to a framework for a trade deal that was announced just hours ago, though I will say nothing will be final until they need.

That's NPR's Deepa Chivram reporting. The Federal Aviation Administration says flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport were held Sunday morning because of a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility. And Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicts that travelers will see more flights delayed and canceled this week as the government shutdown drags on past 26. days. NPR's Luke Garrett reports. More and more air traffic controllers are calling out sick and not showing up for work, says Duffy. The reason they aren't getting paid because of the government shutdown, the secretary tells Fox News. No paycheck is coming on Tuesday. And so I've been out talking to our air traffic controllers and you can see the stress. Duffy says he will stop flights if air traffic staffing levels get too low. What I see coming forward as we get to Monday, tomorrow, Tuesday and and Wednesday that you're going to see more staffing shortages and towers, which means you're going

to see more delays, more cancellations. The shutdown is the second longest in U.S. history. The longest was 35 days in 2019. It ended on the same day air traffic staffing issues limited flights at major East Coast airports. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington. Russia says it successfully carried out a test of a nuclear-powered intercontinental cruise missile. NPR's Charles Mainz reports from Russia. In a video released by the Kremlin, Russian president, Vladimir Putin announced the successful test of the Budavestnik cruise missile and ordered its integration into Russia's defenses.

Nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable, Burvestnik, is one of a crop of next-generation Russian weapons that Moscow claims are invincible to all existing air defenses. In the video, Russia's top general, Valery Garasimov, tells Putin the missile maneuvered for nearly 15 hours during its test launch. The exercise comes, as Putin has vowed Russia will not bend to Western pressure, over Ukraine. It also comes just months before the last remaining nuclear arms reduction treaty with the U.S. is set to expire. Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow. Russia has once again targeted the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. Dron strikes overnight killed three people in their homes. At least 29 others were injured, including seven children. Fires broke out in two residential buildings. Ukraine's Air Force says 101 drones were launched, and they were able to shoot down 90 of them. A similar

attack the night before killed four people. This is NPR News. Police in France have arrested two suspects in connection with the theft of Jules last weekend at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The theft took less than eight minutes and included Jules valued at more than $102 million. One of the suspects was arrested at a Paris airport. Hurricane Melissa is now a category four storm as it heads toward Jamaica, at least three people in Haiti, and one in the Dominican Republic have already died from effects from that storm. NPR Zava Poucatch reports that Melissa has maximum sustained winds of 145 miles an hour. Jamaican officials have been urging residents to prepare for Melissa

and seek shelter before it reaches the coast of the island. Daryl Vaz, Jamaica's minister for power energy telecommunications and transport, says now is not a time for riffs and disagreements. Every single Jamaican has a part to play between now, during, and after. And if we do it collectively, in unity, and in harmony, we will recover better and quicker. Jamaica's two main airports had closed Sunday ahead of the storm. The National Hurricane Center says the island could see 15 to 30 inches of rain. Eva Pukatch and PR News.

A big screen adaptation of the anime Chainsaw Man was number one at the box office this weekend. It brought in 17 and a quarter million dollars at North American box office. offices. Blackphone 2 dropped a second with $13 million, while the rom-com regretting you finished in third with $12.85 million. The Springsteen Biopic debuted in fourth, bringing in $9.1 million in ticket sales. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.