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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Federal officials and a nonprofit group say the Afghan man who allegedly shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., worked with a unit linked to the CIA. The FBI says the suspect, Ramanullah Lakenwal, is the focus of a terrorism investigation, as NPR's Brian Mann reports.
CIA officials have confirmed Lackinwall worked with the U.S. government in Afghanistan. A nonprofit group called Afghan EVAC says Lackinwall served with an elite counterterrorism unit. FBI Director Kash Patel says that history will be a focus of their probe.
We are fully investigating that aspect of his background as well, to include any known associates that are either overseas, or here in the United States of America.
Lackinwell entered the U.S. in 2021 and was granted asylum in April of this year. Officials say the two West Virginia National Guard soldiers injured in Wednesday's attack have undergone surgery and remain in critical condition. Brian Mann, NPR News.
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. Kate Bartlett reports South Africa just hosted this year's meeting of world leaders, a gathering that the Trump administration had boycotted.
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 Maguena.
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.
Pope Leo met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the first foreign trip of his papacy. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports the Pope pressed Turkey to do more to protect religious minorities.
In his speech, made alongside President Erdogan in a large library in Ankara, 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, NPR News, Ankara. Stocks across Asia traded higher today, with Japan's Nikkei average up more than 600 points. This is NPR News in Washington. Hong Kong's deadliest fire in years is still burning, with at least 75 people dead and nearly 300 others missing. Fire crews have been pulling residents from two high-rise apartment buildings since the blaze broke out Wednesday. By early Thursday, the fire had spread through seven of the complex's eight buildings, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate. Police say three men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Many Americans may opt for a free-range turkey for their Thanksgiving spread this year. Northwest Public Broadcasting's Anna King talked with one Northwest farmer about what it's like to raise these birds.
Nathan Cottrell is with Chick Chaser, a farm and butchering operation out of Benton City, Washington. He says his free-range turkeys can sometimes be a pain. They can wander to neighborhoods or get attacked by dogs.
But he says there's good parts, too. When you feed them or when you go out and talk with them, they'll talk back. They're very, really awesome, honestly. They're just little dogs, essentially. They just follow you around.
There's three top breeding tom birds that will be spared this Thanksgiving. They're named Kawasaki, Blue, and Nag.
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