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Canadians appear to overwhelmingly support Prime Minister Mark Kahnay's response to the

trade war with the U.S. and Carpetchek reports from Toronto.

Provincial premieres from across the country say Trump has gone too far and all with the exception of Alberta say it's time to fight back. They agree, will be tough on Canadians. Jobs will be lost and businesses close because of President Trump's 50% tariffs. Many business leaders, such as the Canadian Steel Producers Association, agree that no

deal is better than a bad deal. Fans at Major League soccer matches in Montreal and Vancouver, booed the U.S. National Anthem Saturday. Many people promised to shut an American alcohol. Ottawa's retaliation begins on September 8, targeting U.S. sectors including steel, dairy,

appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics. CRNPR News, I'm Dan Carpetchek in Toronto. 7 Kites believe to have blown over from Gaza were found in southern Israel this weekend, and as rarely official said any kite balloon or drone launched from Gaza will be treated

as an active war, and pairs on a spot but reports from Gaza.

70% of Gaza lies under Israeli military control and children have little space left to play.

Still in the summer heat, they do what many children have always done for fun.

They make kites. They use plastic bags for the sales and would sell it from destroyed homes for the frame. Some are brightly colored, some carry the names of the children who made them, and sometimes the wind drips them away and carries them across the border to land in Israel. But Israel's defense minister Israel Katz says, a kite from Gaza will be treated the

same as a drone, whether it's carrying explosive or not. Vehicles every lunch and act of war and has ordered the military to take forceful actions against those responsible, and its mobile and current news Gaza. The administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says the MMR vaccine is safe.

President Trump recently described that vaccine given to children as being lethal.

His comments caused an uproar in the medical community, speaking on CBS's face the nation's

Sunday and following a number of attempts to have him address the question, Dr. Mehmet

Os finally contradicted those remarks.

Though the MMR vaccine is not a lethal vaccine, and it is often other countries that muses in particular separately like in Japan. The MMR shot is one of a number of vaccines targeted for changes by the Trump administration. The Hawke Fire in Western Nevada is continuing to grow at this hour. Fire officials say it is now reached 15,000 acres in size and remains uncontained.

Nevada's governor is declared a state of emergency for the area, and is mobilized the state's national guard for support. Some 42,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in another 45,000 are being encouraged to do the same. You're listening to NPR news.

A massive pile of garbage collapsed in the West African country of Guinea Sunday and killed at least 30 people, and rescuers say they're still looking for other possible victims who were buried by the collapse. The garbage covered a number of nearby homes officials say heavy rains led to the accident. Local residents living near the land fill had been given a vision notices, but many had

still not left. The open air waist dump is the largest in that country's capital city. California has adopted the nation's strongest wildfire regulations for landscaping around houses. NPR's Lawrence Summer has more in our reports.

California has lost almost 60,000 homes and structures to wildfires in the last decade. So regulators have been looking at how to protect communities. Most wildfires are spread by tiny burning embers carried by the wind. When those catch and dry plants next to houses, they can ignite. Now California residents in wildfire prone areas will have to manage plants within five

feet of their house. Only low-lying plants are allowed or well-maintained trees. The rules were delayed several years of a concern from homeowners about the cost and impact on landscaping. For existing houses, they go into effect in three years, lawn summer and PR news.

Kyle Kirkwood is one of the inaugural Freedom 250 Grand Prix Race in Washington, D.C. The Indie Car Race was disrupted by six yellow flags.

Christian Lungard finished in second.

The first Indie Car Race to ever be held in the streets of the nation's capital, began after President Trump and first Lady Melania Trump completed a ceremonial lap in the presidential limousine Trump then waved the green flag to start the race. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News One A is named for the first amendment, which protects the freedom of the press and your

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