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A U.N. team arrives in Baghdad to begin planning for national elections. U.N. experts will make recommendations on who gets to vote and how -- questions of increasing importance as Iraqi officials near the June 30 deadline for the return of sovereignty. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The U.S. offensive against Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah continues, as the insurgency launches attacks elsewhere in the country. U.S. commanders say they control 80 percent of the city, and troops are pushing southward through the city amid frequent firefights. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

The U.S. has imposed 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, including electronics and engine parts. China retaliated with tariffs of equal amount on American agricultural products.

Trump's remarks came in response to a question about rising gas prices. He said they would fall once the U.S. leaves Iran, claiming that would happen in "maybe two weeks, maybe three."

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Brett McGurk, a former U.S. envoy to the coalition fighting ISIS, about the changing U.S. policy and strategy for defeating ISIS.

Cuban baseball has been struggling. A lack of money means facilities are in disrepair. Defections mean some of the best players have left. But new relations with the U.S. may mean new opportunities.

Mike Schultz lost his leg in 2008. Since then, he created a successful business making prosthetic legs and learned to snowboard so well that he's about to compete in the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

A militant group in Iraq claims it has beheaded a U.S. Marine of Lebanese descent. The U.S. military says it is checking the report, but has not confirmed the claim, which appeared on a Web site. The Marine, Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun of Utah, appeared blindfolded in a video broadcast nearly a week ago by the Al-Jazeera network. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Today on The Indicator: an update on the trade spat between China and the U.S.

Turkey continues to voice its opposition to a controversial resolution circulating in the U.S. House regarding the 1915 mass killing of more than a million Armenians. The Turkish government has threatened to curtail military ties with the U.S., and lawmakers are withdrawing their support of the resolution.