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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman, today marks the 700th day of war in Gaza. It began with a Hamas attack on Israel that Israelis say killed 1,200 people. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have since been killed in Israeli attacks. NPR's Aibetrae reports on the latest figures from Gaza. Gaza's health ministry has released a detailed list of people killed and wounded in the past nearly two years of war. The figures list more than 19,000 Palestinian children killed by Israel. fire in Gaza, accounting for a third of the overall death toll there of more than 64,000. The health ministry's figures also show more than 56,300 children have had one or both

parents killed in Israeli strikes. It says more than 1,000 children have lost limbs in the war. Israel has challenged the credibility of the health ministry's figures, which the UN says are historically credible. The Israeli military says it's already in control of 40% of Gaza the city and will expand the offensive with the objective of returning hostages and dismantling Hamas rule. A. Abotrawi, NPR News, Dubai. The Trump administration has begun preparations to send military assistance to Chicago for immigration and customs enforcement work. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports operations would be staged out of Great Lakes Naval Station. A U.S. official who is not authorized to speak publicly confirmed to NPR that the

Department of Homeland Security has requested assistance from the Pentagon for ice enforcement and removal operations in the Chicago metropolitan area. The request is for a logistical help and use of facilities at Naval Station Great Lakes, about 30 miles north of the city. President Trump has recently spoken of sending National Guard troops to fight crime in Chicago, and he said he's prepared to do it without getting approval from state or city officials. Chicago's mayor and Illinois's governor, both Democrats, have said that it would be unconstitutional for President Trump to send troops into the city.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News. The White House says it is lowering tariffs on Japanese automobiles and aircraft, but NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben reports the U.S. tariff deal with Japan is still incomplete. The White House now says that tariffs on Japanese cars will be reduced from 27.5% to 15%. In addition, several tariffs Trump had imposed, like those on steel and aluminum, will no longer apply to some Japanese aircraft. The executive order also says Japan is giving the U.S. greater market access for some of its exports, and that Japan has promised to invest more than $550 billion in the U.S. However, there has been no binding agreement between the two countries, meaning

details are still unknown. President Trump has announced several trade framework agreements with other countries, but none are finalized. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House. The federal government releases the latest monthly jobs report for August this morning. The report comes as employers around the country has slowed down their pace of hiring. On Wall Street in pre-market trading, Dow futures are lower. This is NPR. President Trump is set to sign a new executive order today. NPR has learned he'll move to change the title of the Defense Department to the Department of War.

This will be a secondary title. New research suggests the psychedelic drug LSD can relieve a common form of anxiety. NPR's John Hamilton reports on the study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study involved 198 people with generalized anxiety. anxiety disorder, which affects about 10% of adults in a given year. Dr. David Fifle of Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute in San Diego says LSD clearly helped participants who got one of the two higher doses. By the next day, the drug for all intensive purposes was out of their system, and yet the patient's average anxiety was greatly reduced. And this improvement lasted for the

duration of the 12-week study. People who got higher doses also had less depression. The form of LSD used in the study is called MM-120. It comes from the company MindMed, which has already started two larger studies that should be completed next year. John Hamilton and PR News. And civil rights activist Joseph McNeil has died, according to his family. He was 83 years old. In 1960, McNeil and three fellow students at North Carolina A&T led the famous sit-in at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro. McNeil and his fellow activists were soon joined by Hunter. of others. The Greensboro lunch counter was desegregated six months later. McNeil later joined the U.S. Air Force. He flew combat missions in Vietnam. McNeil retired as a major general.

I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.