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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump is on his way to Japan, where he'll meet Tuesday with that country's new prime minister to discuss trade. Earlier this week, representatives from China and the U.S. met to also discuss trade issues and announced a potential deal. NPR's Mar-Lyerson has more. On this week, on ABC, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson said what he thinks will happen, what will be in a deal. He said that China had, quote, threatened to put a global exporting license. regime on rare earth, and he said, I believe they are going to delay that for a year while they re-examine it. Now, the Chinese readout of that meeting between Bessent and Chinese officials

did not say there would be a delay in the rare earth pause, so we don't have any details yet. That's NPR's Mara Liason. President Trump, meanwhile, is expected to meet later this week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and they're expected to discuss that potential deal. President Trump met with Brazil's president this weekend. The meeting took place on on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur. As Julia Carniero reports, the meeting came after the U.S. imposed sanctions and 50% tariffs on Brazil over the trial

of former President Jayair Bolsonaro, who is a Trump ally. President Luisinau Lula da Silva said he and Trump managed to do what had seemed impossible. Flanked by Brazil and U.S. flags, they sat down to talk for around 45 minutes in what Lula described as a great meeting. He said they spoke in a frank and constructive way and agreed that their teams would start bilateral negotiations immediately to find solutions

to the U.S. imposed sanctions and tariffs. Before the meeting, reporters asked President Trump whether he could lift tariffs against Brazil immediately. Yeah, we can do things fast. We move quickly. We're very nimble. Higher tariffs on Brazilian goods, like coffee and beef, have been pushing up prices in the U.S. and have led Brazil to seek other markets. For NPR News, I'm Jule Kahnero. Israel has now approved teams from the Red Cross and Egypt, allowing them to enter into Gaza to search for the bodies of hostages. MPR's Rob Schmitz has more on that report from Tel Aviv. The Egyptian team, which specializes in search and rescue operations and in dismantling explosive devices, enter the strip accompanied by several engineering vehicles to help locate the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages.

Their bodies are believed to be in areas that have been booby-trapped. For days, there have been discussions over allowing teams into Gaza to help recover the remaining 13 deceased Israeli hostages, as well as deceased Palestinians under the rubble. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump warned Hamas to return the bodies of hostages or the countries involved in the peace plan will take action. Among the bodies of hostages remaining in Gaza are two Americans. Rob Schmits, NPR News, Tel Aviv. I'm Dale Wilman, and you're listening to NPR. News. Weather forecasters say Hurricane Melissa could soon reach Category 5 status. The slow-moving storm is likely to reach the southern coast of Jamaica sometime late Monday or Tuesday morning.

Residents of the island nation are being urged to immediately look for shelter. Melissa is currently carrying maximum sustained winds of 145 miles an hour. Wildlife officials say they've euthanized four gray wolves in northern California after a string of unprecedented attacks on livestock there. MPR's Nathan Rott has more. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife says they did not come to the decision easily. For months, they tried non-lethal methods of deterring the wolves from cattle in the Sierra Valley, but the wolves had become habituated to livestock as a food source. California's gray wolf population has rebounded over the last decade, as wolves have come into the state naturally from Oregon. The wolves are still listed

under the Endangered Species Act, but the rise in their population has also led to an increase in human wolf conflict, particularly in rural areas with a lot of ranching. Nate Rot, NPR News. LSU has fired football coach Brian Kelly. That move follows LSU's loss to number three Texas A&M on Saturday by the score of 49 to 25. That was the Tiger's second straight loss in the third and four games.

Michael Brennan owned the PGA Championship in Utah this weekend. He shot a 66 on Sunday for a four-shot win at the Black Desert course. Brendan was also dominant this summer on the PGA Tour Americas, and with this win, he gets a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.