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Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Israeli strikes on a hospital in northern Gaza yesterday have left the facility almost non-functional, according to the hospital's director. The Israeli military says it was moving around the hospital based on intelligence.

Militants were also in the area. As NPR's Hadil Al-Shalchi reports, this comes as the Israeli military intensifies its incursion in northern Gaza, where it says it is battling Hamas. In a TV interview with Al Jazeera from inside the Kamal Adwan hospital during the attack in north Gaza, director Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyeh said that the hospital was suddenly besieged by Israeli tanks on Thursday and everyone was ordered to evacuate. With the sound of shooting behind him, Abu Safiyeh said that the two upper floors of the hospital were attacked and troops shot at the windows.

Abou Safiye said around 160 injured Palestinians needed medical attention and at least 14 children lay in the intensive care unit. Kamal Adwan is one of the three hospitals in the north left largely inaccessible because of the fighting. Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are campaigning in Texas today. Both will also be guests on different podcasts. President Biden is visiting the Gila River Indian community in Arizona today. He is expected to formally apologize for the federal government's role in the mistreatment of Native American children in boarding schools.

And Piers Jimenainebustio reports. Between 1819 and 1969, the federal government operated more than 400 boarding schools across the country. The goal was complete assimilation. It is estimated that almost 1,000 students died, possibly more, and many more suffered physical abuse, neglect, and stripping of their languages and culture. This would be the first public apology issued by a U.S. president. The visit to Gila River also comes less than two weeks before Election Day. Native voting advocates say tribal voters in Arizona could make a difference in this

year's results. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington. Three white Georgia men serving life sentences for killing black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 are now seeking a new trial. From member station WABE, Julian Virgin has more. Attorneys for Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and their neighbor, William Roddy Bryan, presented arguments to Superior Court Judge Timothy Wamsley that one of the trial jurors, quote, concealed his bias in favor of the Arbery family. Wamsley, who presided over the 2021 trial and handed down their sentences, said he would allow the jury to testify with limitations.

Roddy Bryant's attorney also argued his client's trial attorney shouldn't have let him be interviewed twice by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The three white men chased down the 25-year-old black man after they saw him running. Bryant captured video of the younger McMichael shooting Aubrey at close range, killing him. For NPR News, I'm Julian Virgin in Atlanta. On Wall Street, the Dow is up 120 points.

This is NPR. The Biden administration is starting to review competition and potential antitrust issues in the air travel industry. The Transportation Department is already examining frequent flyer loyalty programs. The Justice Department has blocked a merger between JetBlue and Spirit Airlines. The administration is also seeking public comment on how airline tickets are priced and sold. Britain's King Charles has told a Commonwealth summit that the past cannot be changed. This was an indirect acknowledgement of calls for reparations over the slave trade from

some former British colonies. Robbie Griffiths reports Charles addressed the summit for the first time as king. King Charles' speech opened the Commonwealth summit in Samoa in front of leaders from the 56-member group that is mostly made up of Britain's former empire. None of us can change the past, but we can commit with all our hearts to learning its lessons and to finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure. The King said that while the most painful aspects of her past continued to resonate, it was important to understand history and to use the language of community and respect.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is also at the summit. He said the slave trade was abhorrent but added that he wanted the talks to focus on today's challenges, such as climate change and trade. For NPR News, I'm Robbie Griffiths in London. Forecasters say the tropical storm that just blew through the Philippines could swing back again next week. Tropical storm Trami has killed at least 46 people in flooding and landslides. Forecasters warned that because of weather patterns, the storm could loop back next week

and linger just off the Philippines coast. This is NPR. Listen to this podcast sponsor free on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or any podcast app by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.