The Trump administration will repeal the centerpiece of former President Barack Obama’s effort to fight climate change, according to an Environmental Protection Agency document.

And the White House asked Congress to approve $29 billion in additional hurricane relief and debt forgiveness, seeking to help Puerto Rico and other areas.

• Three U.S. troops are killed in Niger.

The Green Berets were assisting local forces in their fight against Al Qaeda’s branch in Africa when they were ambushed on Wednesday. Two other Americans were wounded.

• Nobel in literature.

The British author Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature today for writing that the prize committee said uncovered “the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world.”

Read our reviews of his best sellers “The Remains of the Day” and “Never Let Me Go.”

• Catalan leader seeks talks.

Carles Puigdemont wants a negotiated settlement with the Spanish government after his region’s independence referendum.

He has not, however, offered to shelve his secessionist plan, which Spain’s prime minister said was a condition for talks.