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Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in New Delhi, India today, where he met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

His mission is to shore up relations between the two countries strained by U.S.

tariffs on India.

The relationship has also been affected by the U.S.

growing closer to India's rival Pakistan, which has been attempting to negotiate an end to the war in Iran.

Rubio said today that some progress has been made.

France has banned Israel's Minister of National Security from its territory in the latest reaction to the alleged Israeli mistreatment of pro-Palestinian activists who tried to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

France says his actions were intolerable.

NPR's Jaina Raff has details.

The Trump administration has tightened rules to apply for a green card.

Temporary visa holders must now return to their home countries and apply from there.

NPR's Jasmine Garz reports.

This is NPR News in Washington.

Some 40,000 people in Orange County, California, are under evacuation orders because of a hazardous leak in an aerospace plastics facility.

No injuries have been reported.

The travel site Kayak says domestic airfares are nearly 30 percent higher than they were a year ago.

Gas prices are up 40 percent.

NPR's Stephen Bisaha reports millions of Americans are still expected to travel this weekend.

Today is World Turtle Day.

People are urged to learn about, protect and advocate for turtles and tortoises.