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I'm Valerie Sanderson, and in the early hours of Monday the 28th of July, these are our main

stories. Food and aid supplies have been trickling into Gaza after Israel announced a pause

in fighting to allow aid to be distributed more easily. The US and European Union have agreed a trade deal imposing a 15% tariff on imports from the bloc.

Also in this podcast, Greece appeals to the EU for more help as firefighters struggle to contain five major wildfires.

In sport, England have retained the women's European championship title after a nail-biting penalty victory over Spain.

And we hear about the home country of the winner of Cycling's Tour de France.

Not so many years ago, Slovenians were not that known in cycling.

What we're seeing for the last couple of years, I think it's pretty much unimaginable.

We start in Gaza, where desperately needed humanitarian aid has been trickling into the territory by road

and in airdrops after Israel made it easier to distribute supplies, including pausing

fighting in some areas. There have been chaotic scenes. Medical officials in central Gaza say at least

17 Palestinians awaiting one convoy were killed and 50 others were injured.

25 tonnes of supplies have been dropped by planes from Jordan and the UAE.

The former Jordanian foreign minister Jabad al-Anani defended the use of air drops

that have been criticised by some aid agencies as being inefficient and dangerous.

Either we drop them by air or we send less food.

People who are there, they need that minute by minute.

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