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The European Union is reportedly negotiating a trade deal with America

that would impose tariffs of 15% on its exports.

Markets rose after Donald Trump's earlier announcement of a, quote, massive deal

with Japan. Its goods will face a 15% levy instead of a 25% one that Mr. Trump threatened.

Dozens of countries face an August 1st deadline to reach a deal or face higher American tariffs.

More than 100 aid organizations, including Oxfam and Medicines San Frantier, said that,

quote, mass starvation was spreading in Gaza and called on Israel to allow in more food.

On Wednesday, Gaza's health ministry said that 10 people

had died from starvation in the previous 24 hours. It also said 21 people were killed by Israeli

strikes. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Kiev, Ukraine's capital, after the country's parliament

passed legislation that gives the presidential office greater control over anti-corruption bodies,

weakening their independence.

The EU's enlargement commissioner, Martakos, called the vote a, quote, serious step back.

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