Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump says he's reached a trade deal with the European Union less than a week before his self-imposed deadline of August 1st.

MPR's Elena Moore reports. The deal puts a 15% tariff on EU exports to the U.S. That's a drop from a few weeks earlier when Trump threatened to make

it 30%. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Trump said the deal excludes steel, aluminum, and

pharmaceuticals. He also said that no tariffs would be placed on U.S. imports into the EU,

and that the EU would purchase 750 billion worth of U.S. energy and invest

600 billion into the country.

This is the big one.

This is the biggest of them all.

The EU is one of the U.S.'s largest trading partners.

Dozens of other countries have also received new proposed tariff rates from the White House, but just a handful

have formally announced deals. Elena Moore, NPR News. Israel and Jordan have carried out

airdrops of food over the Gaza Strip. This follows international condemnation of aid restrictions

that have caused starvation in Gaza. And here's Daniel Estrin reports.

Jordan, in partnership with the United Arab Emirates, says it carried out

airdrops of 25 tons of food over the skies of Gaza, dropping food for Palestinians.

The Israeli Air Force also carried out air drops of flour, sugar, and canned food.

The UN World Food Program also welcomed a new

Israeli announcement that Israel would create secure routes for aid trucks entering Gaza. The WFP

says a third of Gaza's population was not eating for days and that it has enough food in or on its

way to Gaza to feed Gaza's whole population for about three months.

Also, the Israeli Navy has intercepted a boat of international activists seeking to break Israel's

blockade on Gaza, carrying food and other supplies. Israel said it was bringing the boat to shore.

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