Louise Schiavone

The U.N.

is sounding the alarm over a sharp rise in sexual violence against women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

NPR's Fatma Tanis reports the ongoing 30-year conflict is making the situation worse.

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On day 26 of a federal government shutdown, more flight delays and cancellations are expected at U.S.

airports.

This week, the Federal Aviation Administration says flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport were halted earlier today due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility.

Transportation Secretary says more delays and cancellations are likely.

The Agriculture Department is announcing that federal food aid will not go out on the first day of November unless there is a resolution of the federal spending impasse in Washington.

The Boring Company, owned by Elon Musk, has begun work on an underground tunnel in Nashville without local approval.

From Member Station WPLN, Mariana Bacayau reports.

French authorities have two suspects in custody in connection with the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre.

One suspect was caught at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport while attempting to leave the country.

I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 4 storm as it heads toward Jamaica.

At least three people in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic have died from the effects of the storm.

NPR's Ava Pukach reports Melissa has maximum sustained winds of 145 miles an hour.

President Trump is wrapping up the first stop of his week-long visit to the Indo-Pacific region using a trip that began with his participating in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Trade is a major focus of the first trip of his second presidential term.