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Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Louise Skiyavone. President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping are slated to meet at this hour in South Korea. They're expected to talk about further controls on fentanyl as well as ways to de-escalate. the trade war impacting American soybean farmers, technology companies that use rare earth materials, and more. NPR's Emily Fang reports. After attending the APEC summit in South Korea, Trump will head to the city of Busan to meet Xi Jinping. It's the first time the two men will meet face-to-face since Trump returned to office. And while trade talks last weekend between the two countries have defrayed the threat of higher tariffs and more export controls on rare earth minerals and metals, the two men will need to cool.

down a relationship that has become exponentially more tense since Trump's first term. The U.S. and China, for example, have butted heads politically not just over trade, but also military dominance in the Pacific region. Emily Fang and Peer News. Posting on his social media platform, President Trump says he has given South Korea permission to build a nuclear-powered submarine. He says the sub will be built in the Philadelphia shipyards. The announcement follows U.S. trade talks with South Korea. Former Illinois officer has been found guilty of second-degree murder for killing an unarmed black woman in her home. From member station WBEZ, Mawa Iqbal has details.

Prosecutors were seeking to convict the ex-Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson with three counts of first-degree murder. Grayson had fatally shot 36-year-old Sonia Massey in the face in July of 2024, after she had called 911 to her home to report a suspected prowler. Massey's family members say they're disappointed by the lesser charge. Santay Massey, Sonia's cousin, says he is fueled with rage. The justice system did exactly what it's designed to do today. It's not meant for us, but I tell you what, I will dedicate my life to dismantling the systems that created this problem. The nearly all-white jury took parts of two days to reach their verdict.

For NPR News, I'm Mawa Ekban, Peoria, Illinois. Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security published this on Instagram. Equally important as the task of securing our borders is the task of defending our culture and what it means to be an American. And PR's Jasmine Guards reports on the response of Latino voters. Homeland Security's social media posts often call on Americans to join ICE and quote, defend your culture. Peter Gonzalez, 66, is a retired Coast Guardsman. He voted for President Trump because he wanted immigration control, but he finds these ads off-putting. Defend your culture?

I don't agree with that, defend your culture, because, The American culture is all cultures. NPR reached out to DHS for comment and received no response. Jasmine Garst to NPR News, New York. The S&P 500, basically unchanged today. This is NPR News in Washington. Sudan's paramilitary group has killed more than 460 patients and their companions at a hospital. According to the World Health Organization, thousands of desperate people have been fleeing the violence there.

Kate Bartlett reports. WHO said it was appalled by the killings at the Saudi maternity hospital in Alfasha and called for patients and health workers to be protected under international law. The city in Darfur was captured by the paramilitary rapid support forces on Sunday after more than a year's siege. The armed forces against whom they've been fighting a civil war for more than two years have withdrawn from the city. The UN's migration organization said more than 26,000 people have fled Alfasher. Mothers with babies, malnourished children and the elderly are all arriving at the village of Tawila, where aid workers are facing what the UN calls extraordinary danger to assist them.

Those unable to escape Alfascia face great risk. Videos posted by the RSF show them carrying out executions. For NPR news, I'm Kate Bartlett in Johannesburg. A Paris prosecutor says two men apprehended in connection with the crime have admitted involvement in a jewel heist during morning museum hours at the Louvre, at least two accomplices remain at large. The two in custody were arrested Saturday a week after the robbery of more than a hundred million dollars in French crown jewels. The stolen goods have not been recovered. Prosecutors say video surveillance cameras show that there were at least four criminals involved in the brazen morning heist at the world's most visited museum. I'm Louise Skiavone and PR News, Washington. Support for

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