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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Linda Kenyon. The Canadian government is laying out a slate of retaliatory trade moves in response to President Trump's latest wave of tariffs. Canada's finance minister Francois Filippe Champagne made the announcement during a news conference in Ottawa. Today I'm announcing that Canada will match the United States tariffs, dollar for dollar, rate for rate. Effective September 8, Canada will impose counter-tariffs

of up to 15, 25 or 50% on 27.6 billion in imports from the United States of America. Champagne says the counter tariffs are designed to provide protection for Canadian products impacted by the U.S. tariffs and about creating a level playing field when it comes to trade. The Secret Service says it's aware of an Iranian state media video threatening President Trump's youngest son, Barron. NPR's Franco Ordorniers, reports. reports the video claims to offer $10 million. The video released by Iran State Media purports to track the movements of the president's 20-year-old son. It opens by asking where and how should we kill Baron Trump.

Nate Herring, a spokesman for the Secret Service, told NPR that, quote, the U.S. Secret Service is aware of the video and investigates anything that can be perceived as a threat toward our protectees. Those protectees, of course, include the president himself as well as members, of his immediate family. Herring went on to say that at a concern for operational security, the Secret Service would not be further discussing matters of protective intelligence. Franco, Ordojouz, and Piano News, the White House. The head of Instagram took the stand today in Oakland in a federal trial, pitting four states against Meta.

The states say the company designed Facebook and Instagram to hook children and then lied about it. Rachel Myro has more from Embur Station KQED. CEO Adam Masseri spent his first hour on the stand answering for internal chats in which Instagram safety staff discussed scrubbing presentations before executives saw them. One chat cited litigation risk for Masseri specifically. Asked whether lawyers review documents before they reach him, Masseri said he wouldn't be surprised. A lot of people see documents before they come to me. and he also said he's never asked anyone to bring him less information. This is the first of thousands of lawsuits in this litigation to go to trial.

Four states claim meta-collected data from children under 13 and lied about how safe its products are for kids. For NPR News, I'm Rachel Myro in Oakland. America's confidence in the economy declined this month has been the ongoing war against Iran and its effect on gas prices. The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index dipped to 89.4, in August. You're listening to NPR. Germany's Chancellor is warning that any potential attackers will pay following drone scares at a major airport and freight hub.

As Esmeid Nicholson reports, explosives were found in at least one of those drones. Friedrichs Maert said that Germany is increasingly caught in the crosshairs of ruthless hybrid attackers and stressed that he is working with security agencies to determine who is behind the failed attack involving a drone at Leipzig. Shihala Airport earlier this month. His comments come as German media outlets report that investigators have discovered two more drones at the airport, which serves as a military hub for NATO and as a base for Ukraine's Antonov Airlines. At least one of the drones is believed to be laden with a military-grade explosive such as hexagon. Federal public prosecutors are yet to comment on the reports which also cite security sources

as believing Russia could be responsible. Germany is Ukraine's largest donor of military aid. For NPR News, I'm Asm Enochelson in Berlin. Amid his trade disputes with Canada, President Trump is floating the idea of renaming Lake Ontario to call it Lake America. The president may have wide latitude over how the U.S. government recognizes certain landmarks,

but he does not have enough latitude to force Canada or any citizens on either side of the border to go along. This branding idea is not new for President Trump. He previously tried to name the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, the Gulf of America. This latest effort still highlights the current troubled trade relationship that exist between the U.S. and Canada. I'm Linda Kenyon, NPR News, in Washington.