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What trade discussions are President Trump having with Japan and China?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. President Trump is on his way to Japan, where he'll meet Tuesday with that country's new prime minister to discuss trade. Earlier this week, representatives from China and the U.S. met to also discuss trade issues and announced a potential deal. NPR's Mara Liason has more.
This week on ABC, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson said what he thinks will happen, what will be in a deal, he said that China had, quote, threatened to put a global exporting license regime on rare earths. And he said, I believe they are going to delay that for a year while they reexamine it. Now, the Chinese readout of that meeting between Besson and Chinese officials did not say there would be a delay in the rare earth pause.
What were the outcomes of the meeting between Trump and Brazil's president?
So we don't have any details yet.
That's NPR's Mara Elias, and President Trump, meanwhile, is expected to meet later this week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and they're expected to discuss that potential deal. President Trump met with Brazil's president this weekend. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur.
How is the Red Cross involved in the search for hostages in Gaza?
As Julia Carniero reports, the meeting came after the U.S. imposed sanctions and 50 percent tariffs on Brazil over the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is a Trump ally.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he and Trump managed to do what had seemed impossible. Flanked by Brazil and U.S. flags, they sat down to talk for around 45 minutes in what Lula described as a great meeting. He said they spoke in a frank and constructive way and agreed that their teams would start bilateral negotiations immediately to find solutions to the U.S.-imposed sanctions and tariffs. Before the meeting, reporters asked President Trump whether he could lift tariffs against Brazil immediately.
What are the latest updates on Hurricane Melissa's path and impact?
Yeah, we can do things fast. We move quickly. We're very nimble.
Higher tariffs on Brazilian goods, like coffee and beef, have been pushing up prices in the U.S. and have led Brazil to seek other markets. For NPR News, I'm Julia Carneiro.
Israel has now approved teams from the Red Cross and Egypt, allowing them to enter into Gaza to search for the bodies of hostages. NPR's Rob Schmitz has more on that report from Tel Aviv.
The Egyptian team, which specializes in search and rescue operations and in dismantling explosive devices, entered the strip accompanied by several engineering vehicles to help locate the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages. Their bodies are believed to be in areas that have been booby-trapped. For days, there have been discussions over allowing teams into Gaza to help recover the remaining 13 deceased Israeli hostages, as well as deceased Palestinians under the rubble. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump warned Hamas to return the bodies of hostages or the countries involved in the peace plan will take action. Among the bodies of hostages remaining in Gaza are two Americans. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
I'm Dale Willman and you're listening to NPR News. Weather forecasters say Hurricane Melissa could soon reach Category 5 status. The slow-moving storm is likely to reach the southern coast of Jamaica sometime late Monday or Tuesday morning.
Why did California officials decide to euthanize gray wolves?
Residents of the island nation are being urged to immediately look for shelter. Melissa is currently carrying maximum sustained winds of 145 miles an hour. Wildlife officials say they've euthanized four gray wolves in Northern California after a string of unprecedented attacks on livestock there. NPR's Nathan Rott has more.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife says they did not come to the decision easily. For months, they tried non-lethal methods of deterring the wolves from cattle in the Sierra Valley, but the wolves had become habituated to livestock as a food source. California's gray wolf population has rebounded over the last decade as wolves have come into the state naturally from Oregon. The wolves are still listed under the Endangered Species Act, but the rise in their population has also led to an increase in human-wolf conflict, particularly in rural areas with a lot of ranching.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What trade discussions are President Trump having with Japan and China?
0:01–0:44
2
What were the outcomes of the meeting between Trump and Brazil's president?
0:44–1:03
3
How is the Red Cross involved in the search for hostages in Gaza?
1:03–1:43
4
What are the latest updates on Hurricane Melissa's path and impact?
1:43–3:12
5
Why did California officials decide to euthanize gray wolves?
3:12–4:11
6
What led to the firing of LSU football coach Brian Kelly?
4:11–4:39