Trump to confer with Merkel, other leaders
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President Donald Trump will speak Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as concerns echo across Europe over the urgent need to respond to violence in Syria.
A suspected chemical attack in rebel-held northern Idlib killed dozens of civilians Tuesday in one of the worst attacks since the civil war began.
Trump will also speak with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hours, hours after North Korea fired a newly developed powerful ballistic missile into its eastern waters Wednesday.
Abe's phone call also comes ahead of the president's planned meeting Thursday with China's president Xi Jinping during which various east Asian security issues may be addressed, including a territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
