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This message comes from Bayer. Science is a rigorous process that requires questions, testing, transparency, and results that can be proven. This approach is integral to every breakthrough Bayer brings forward. Innovations that save lives and feed the world. Science Delivers.com. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump has just announced that one of the two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C. yesterday, has died. Sarah Bextram of West Virginia, one of the guardsmen that we're talking about, highly respected, young, magnificent person, started service in June of 2023.

Outstanding in every way, she's just passed away. 20-year-old Bextrum and Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe were shot just two blocks from the White House on Wednesday, and Afghan National is in custody and is facing charges in that attack. He was also shot and is being treated for. his injuries. Officials say he entered the U.S. in 2021 through Operation Allies Welcome. Pope Leo met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the first foreign trip of his papacy today, as NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports, the first American Pope pressed Turkey to do more to protect religious minorities. In his speech made alongside President Erdogan in a large library and

anchorer, Pope Leo said Turkey's grand Ottoman past is both a gift and a responsibility. You have an important place in both the present and future of the Mediterranean and of the whole world. Pope Leo warned that sidelining religious minorities such as its Christian population would be an impoverishment. Society is alive if it has a plurality, he said, for what makes a civil society are the bridges that link its people together. Ruth Sherlock and Pianne, News, Anchora. South Africa is pushing back against President Trump's claim that he plans to bar the country from next year's G20 summit in Miami. As Kate Bartlett reports, South Africa just hosted this year's meeting of world leaders. The Trump administration had boycotted that gathering.

Trump said on social media that South Africa would not be receiving an invite to the summit event and was unworthy of membership of the G20 altogether. He repeated false claims that the South African government is allowing a, quote, genocide against its white minority. President Ramaphosa said it was regrettable Trump continued to target South Africa based on misinformation and distortions. He has his spokesman, Vincent Maguania. South Africa is also a sovereign, constitutional democratic country and does not appreciate insults from another country about its worth in participating in global platforms.

The chairmanship was handed over at government offices this week. Kate Bartlett, NPR News, Johannesburg. Lake effects snow has moved across much of the Great Lakes region today. The most accumulation hit the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Snowfall began in Marquette, Michigan on Wednesday, and that city has gotten at least 15 inches of snow since then. But one location in Wisconsin has received 33 inches of snow and more snow is expected in the region this weekend.

You're listening to NPR News. A Belgian sheepdog is one best in, show at the 2025 National Dog Show in Philadelphia. The six-year-old dog beat out more than 1900 other canines in this year's competition. M. Pierce's Jackie Northam has our report. Solay, a pitch black dog and part of the herding group, beat out six other finalists to capture the competition hosted by the Kennel Club of Philadelphia. Her handler, Daniel Martin, from Princeton, North Carolina, said Solay's attitude and movement helped her clinch best in show. He said she also loves the crowd and the big arena.

He called it a fantastic day. The American Kennel Club describes Belgian sheepdogs as highly trainable herders that are, quote, bright, watchful, and serious-minded. It says they crave human companionship and a bore neglect. Their average lifespan is between 10 and 14 years. An American foxhound named George

one reserve best in show. Jackie Northam, NPR News. Police in Britain have arrested a man suspected of being involved in the deadly attack outside a synagogue last month. The attack took place on October 2nd. A British citizen born in Syria was shot and killed after he rammed a car into pedestrians outside a synagogue

and then attacked people with a knife. Two worshippers died and three others were seriously wounded. Canada's prime minister and the premier of the oil-rich province of Alberta have agreed to work together to build a pipeline to the country's Pacific coast. The hope is to diversify Canada's oil exports beyond the U.S. The Memorandum of Understanding would also adjust a ban of oil tankers off parts of British Columbia's coast if the pipeline is built. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.

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