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President Donald Trump has now hosted the leaders of five Central Asian countries at the White House. This comes as Trump continues to look for deals related to the rare earth metals needed for high-tech devices, including smartphones, electric vehicles and fighter jets. President Trump and officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan held an evening summit and dinner at the White House on Thursday evening.

In response to recent statements by President Donald Trump suggesting the United States might resume nuclear tests, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed officials to ready proposals for a potential resumption of Russia's own nuclear testing. LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall is getting the latest on the global interest in nuclear testing with retired Marine Intelligence Officer, Hal Kempfer.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has now visited the Demilitarized Zone that sits along the South Korean border with North Korea, during a trip to Asia this week. According to South Korea's defense ministry, Sec. Hegseth is meeting with his counterpart for security talks. Hegseth and South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back spoke during an event in Seoul on Tuesday.

President Trump is threatening to send military forces into Nigeria, warning that the country must stop the "killing of Christians." LiveNOW's Josh Breslow discusses the latest with Sam Brownback, a former Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.

Tufts University's Dr. Alon Burstein joins LiveNOW's Austin Westfall to discuss where the ceasefire in Gaza stands.

National security analyst Hal Kempfer joins LiveNOW's Austin Westfall to discuss reports that President Trump is planning to strike in Venezuela. The White House pushed back on those reports on Friday.

President Donald Trump met face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday local time in Busan, South Korea, capping off his week-long trip to Asia.