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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump is heading to Japan for the second leg of his Asia tour. Trump attended the opening day of the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, where he met with regional leaders as well as the Brazilian president. Adam Hadcock has more. It was a busy stop-off in Kuala Lumpur for President Trump. He presided over the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia following their latest deadly border dispute in July.

Trump also signed a flurry of trade agreements, including deals involving critical minerals with Thailand and Malaysia. U.S.-China trade talks were held on the sidelines of the summit, with Treasury Secretary Scott Besson saying a framework of a deal has been worked out in preparation for Trump's meeting with President Xi later this week. During his stop in Japan, the U.S. president is scheduled to meet the country's new leader to discuss trade and defense spending. For NPR news, I'm Adam Hancock in Kuala Lumpur. President Trump placed an additional 10% tariff on Canadian products over the weekend. Early in the week, he also ended trade negotiations with Ottawa.

He said it was all over an Ontario anti-tariff ad campaign that featured former president Ronald Reagan. As Dan Carpenchuk reports, the ad has been taken down, but not before it had a final weekend playing during the World Series. The additional tariff came because Trump said the ad should have been pulled immediately. But many Canadian politicians are supporting Ontario's approach. Rampton Mayor Patrick Brown says he's glad Ontario Premier Doug Ford had the courage to call out the President on inconsistencies. Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Lance said Ford has been a strong voice and effective at communicating the frustrations

Canadians feel over tariffs, and British Columbia is about to roll out its own anti-tariff ad campaign over levies on Canadian softwood lumber. Ford himself says the ad did what it was supposed to, reach U.S. audiences at the highest level. For NPR News, I'm Dan Carpenchuk in Toronto. The FBI has now joined local authorities in Chester County, Pennsylvania for the investigation into a shooting over the weekend at Lincoln University. Seven people were shot during the attack.

Chester County District Attorney Chris D. Baranah Sorobi says one of the seven has now died. It's my unfortunate duty to announce that Jawan Jeffers, a 25-year-old young man from Wilmington, Delaware, died just after midnight after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. Police say one alleged shooter is in custody and they're looking for more. They believe there were multiple shooters involved in the incidents. Hamas officials say they've expanded the search for the bodies of hostages into new areas of the Gaza Strip. Egypt has sent a team of experts along with heavy equipment to help them with that search. Under the ceasefire that's now in effect, Hamas is expected to return all of the remains of Israeli hostages as quickly as possible. The bodies of at least 13 hostages have still not been returned to Israel.

real. You're listening to NPR News. Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country has tested a new nuclear-capable missile. The missile has been in development for years and is said to have covered 8,700 miles during a key test last Tuesday. Putin says the missile can evade missile defenses, but most experts are skeptical of that claim. New polling shows most Americans agree climate change is happening, and the government has a role in combating it. As NPR's Jeff Brady, reports. Democrats are more likely to say that, but there's also a divide between older and younger Republicans. As President Trump rolls back former President Biden's climate change policies,

this poll shows Republicans under 45 years old are more likely than older Republicans to believe the climate is changing because of human activity. Younger Republicans are more likely to support clean energy, electric car incentives, and funding to help people adapt to climate change. The poll is from the Associated Press, Nork Center, for Public Affairs Research and Energy Policy Institute at University of Chicago. Across the population, the poll shows 37% of Americans will consider buying an electric car, but many say price is a barrier. And 60% of Americans say the U.S. should play a bigger role in global climate efforts.

Jeff Rady and Pierre News. The Department of Agriculture has placed a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out beginning November 1st. It's the latest casualty of the federal government. shutdown. The notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not use roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep food benefits available during November. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.