Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. The war in Iran, trade, and AI are likely to come up this week when President Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. And here's Deepa Shibirom has more.

Trump's trip to China was delayed by nearly two months because of Trump's decision to go to war with Iran. Now, 10 weeks into the war that

was supposed to end weeks ago, Trump may seek help from Xi in wrapping up the conflict by asking

China to influence Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The closure of the strait has led to

higher oil prices around the world, and it's impacting Trump's political standing at home in the U.S.

But whether there's actual progress made on that or points of conversation like economic

agreements and AI is unclear.

U.S.-China relations have been frosty for the last year.

Tensions were high when Trump and Xi met in South Korea last year over-escalating tariffs,

and while that conflict has cooled, expectations for major takeaways from this upcoming meeting remain low.

Dupa Shiverum, NPR News, Washington.

17 U.S. cruise passengers are returning stateside after weeks on board a ship at the center of the Henta virus outbreak.

So far, there are eight related

cases, including three deaths. And Pierce Ping Huang reports the Americans' first stop is Nebraska.

The U.S. passengers are taking a flight chartered by the U.S. government to an Air Force base in

Nebraska. They're headed for the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical

Center.

Dr. Ali Khan is Dean of its College of Public Health.

For the passengers getting off the ship, I'd say welcome to Nebraska.

You are coming to the premier facility in the United States, if not the world, to take care of you.

Health officials say this strain of hauntavirus can be deadly but isn't very contagious.

You'd have to spend a lot of time in close contact with someone with symptoms to catch it from another person. According to Nebraska medicine, none of the returning passengers show any symptoms,

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