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| Hello. With just hours to go before a pause in US tariffs announced in April is set to expire, the White House is busy handling last-minute negotiations. My colleagues have the latest. In the UK, diplomatic correspondent Caroline Hawley speaks to children who have been evacuated from Gaza to receive treatment. And finally, new technology reveals intricate tattoos on a Siberian "ice mummy". | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Last-minute scramble for tariffs deals |
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|  | Trump officials have inked deals with UK, EU, Japan, Philippines, China, Vietnam, Indonesia and South Korea. Credit: Getty Images | Mexico got a 90-day extension of the country's current tariffs regime with the US. The moved was announced in the last few hours before the 1 August deadline to do a trade deal with the US or face import tax rates first unveiled by President Donald Trump in April - as high as 50% in some cases. A total of eight agreements have been reached since, but many details for those deals remain unclear, as is the case for the US-EU deal announced a few days ago. As for the tariffs that were not paused - on commodities and goods such as automobiles and steel - their impact has already been felt on the US and global economy, as BBC Verify explains. |
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| Gaza boy to be treated for war injuries |  | Majid Shaghnobi arrived at Heathrow airport on a flight from Cairo, with his mother, brother and little sister. | Majid Shaghnobi is the first Gazan child to arrive in the UK since October 2023 to receive treatment for war injuries. His arrival follows months of work by a group of volunteers funded by private donors. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has recently promised to evacuate more badly injured children, although the government has released few details of the plan. |
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| | Caroline Hawley, diplomatic correspondent |
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| | Majid Shaghnobi can't eat or speak like he used to. He can't smile. But with his injured mouth covered by a surgical mask, his eyes were beaming as he arrived at London's Heathrow airport. "I'm happy to be in England and to get treatment," the 15-year-old told me. He was out trying to get humanitarian aid in the Kuwaiti area of northern Gaza in February last year when an Israeli tank shell exploded nearby, shattering his jaw bone and injuring his leg.
Doctors in Gaza saved his life. He was evacuated to Egypt in February this year - with Israel's permission - for further medical treatment. Now he's in the UK for surgery at Great Ormond Street children's hospital in London to restore the function of his face. "Our hope is that we will be able to help many more children like him in the coming months. It's our collective moral responsibility," says lead surgeon Noor ul Owase Jeelani, a professor of Paediatric Neurosurgery. |
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