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An American court blocked Donald Trump's trade tariffs, saying the president had overreached his authority by imposing them.

The ruling is potentially a huge setback to one of the

White House's central policies. It is usually Congress, not the president, which has the power

to impose tariffs. The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that Mr. Trump's scheme to circumvent

this by declaring a national emergency and declare

universal levies was not permissible under federal law. The administration immediately said it would

appeal. Ukraine's president, Vladimir Zelensky, and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Mertz,

said the two countries would produce long-range weapons together as part of broader new joint defense investments. Speaking in Berlin,

Mr. Mertz also said there would be no restrictions on how far Ukraine could fire such weapons.

Earlier Mr. Zelensky sounded a warning over a build-up of 50,000 Russian soldiers near

its border in apparent preparation for a large summer offensive.

Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israeli forces had killed Mohamed Sinwa, the chief of Hamas in Gaza.

He was targeted in a missile strike on the European hospital in the southern city of Han Yunus

on May 13th. He was the younger brother of Yaya Sinwa, killed by Israel last October.

Hamas has neither confirmed nor denied Muhammad Sinwa's death.

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