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On the plus side, you get sponsor-free listening to over 25 NPR podcasts. On the minus side, you get fewer chances to tap fast forward on your podcast player. On the plus side, you get to support something you care about. On the minus side, you like challenges and think this makes it too easy. So why don't you join us on the plus side of things with NPR Plus? Learn more and sign up at plus.npr.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingley. Search and rescue efforts are underway in eastern Afghanistan, where a strong earthquake has killed at least 800 people.

Taliban officials say the number of injured is up to 2,500. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 6 earthquake struck yesterday along the border with Pakistan, not far from the city of Jalalabad. Officials say efforts to reach some of the injured are being slowed because of the remote mountainous terrain. China's president, Xi Jinping, says Beijing will provide. tens of millions of dollars to its allies as a way to challenge the U.S. The BBC's Laura Bicker reports on Xi's comments at a regional security summit being hosted by China. President Xi told members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization gathered in Tianjin from Russia, south and Central Asia, and the Middle East, that China would provide 280 million dollars of free aid to member countries.

He also urged them to create a new development bank. and said China would contribute around one and a half billion dollars. The Chinese leader described this as a mega-scale market to improve trade and investment between their countries. This is Mr. Xi's vision of a new global and economic order, which he may hope will challenge the United States. That's the BBC's Laura Bicker reporting. Homeland Security Secretary Christine Nome says the Trump administration

will soon broaden its immigration enforcement operations in major cities such as Chicago. This follows pushback from Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago's mayor Brandon Johnson after President Trump threatened to deploy the National Guard to the Windy City to combat crime as the president's done in Washington, D.C. Speaking on CBS's face, the nation yesterday, Nome would not specify whether the guard would be deployed there. President Trump's former personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is hospitalized in New Hampshire after being injured in a vehicle crash in Manchester.

NPR's Shondelie Stuster has more. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was traveling on a New Hampshire Highway Saturday when his car was, quote, struck from behind at a high speed, his spokesperson says. Giuliani was transported to a trauma center where he was diagnosed with multiple lacerations and contusions. He also has a fractured thoracic vertebrae in injuries to his left arm and lower leg. The spokesperson also said that a business partner and medical provider went to the hospital to oversee Giuliani's care. Giuliani is, quote, in good spirits and recovering tremendously. The spokesperson who is also Giuliani's head of security said the accident was not a targeted attack. Shandalee

Duster, NPR News. This is NPR News from Washington. A federal judge in Washington state is blocking the Trump administration from deporting hundreds of Guatemalan children who were unaccompanied when they entered the U.S. The judge says the children must be sent back to government-run facilities while the legal process plays out. That ruling was issued after the children had been loaded onto planes. There's no trading today on Wall Street because of the Labor Day holiday. The markets closed down on Friday. NPR's Rafael NAM says investors will be watching for the latest numbers on employment in the U.S. due out at the end of this week.

When it comes to economic reports, investors are obviously primarily focused on the numbers. This time around, the jobs data out on Friday comes with a little more suspense. Trump fired the previous official in charge of statistics after the last report showed a big slowdown in the number of jobs being added. The president claimed without evidence that the data was being manipulated to make his administration look bad. Now, that same agency, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is set to report the latest numbers. And this time, investors will also have to pay attention to how President Trump reacts. Rafael NPR News. As investors enter September, the Dow, the S&P, and the NASDAQ are coming

off several months of gains. The Powerball Lottery Jackpot now tops $1 billion. Officials say there was no winning ticket in Saturday night's drawing. The prize is now the fifth largest in the game's history. The odds of winning won in 292 million. I'm Dave Mattingly in Washington.