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I want to tell you about a podcast that's been fascinating me called More Muslim.

It's a new narrative documentary series made by a team of journalists

who've worked on shows like Radio Lab and More Perfect.

They're covering stories from Muslim communities around

the world that no one else is telling. One of their episodes traces the evolution of Muslim

women's relationship with the mosque, from the prophetic era when women prayed alongside

men without barriers, to today's reality where many mosques relegate women to basement closets,

behind opaque partitions, or turn them away entirely.

To listen to that episode and more, find more Muslim wherever you get your podcasts.

There are tensions in the relationship between the U.S. and China, tariffs, Taiwan, war in Iran.

But when President Trump arrived in Beijing for his meeting with Xi Jinping, they still rolled out the red carpet.

Both leaders enjoy the pageantry of the world's two most powerful men meeting against a grand backdrop.

I'm Marco Wurman. And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Today, Trump meets

she also notes from Anne Curry on her recent trip to meet people who fled civil war in Sudan.

The truth is that what's happening inside Sudan is not fully known and is being underreported.

Plus, people across the Middle East love hummus, but when it comes to who makes the best hummus?

Oh, them's are fighting words.

Those stories and more today here on the world.

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