President Trump has announced plans to impose a one hundred percent import tariff on goods from China next month, along with export controls on critical software. This move comes as a response to new Chinese restrictions on the export of rare earth minerals, leading to the largest single-day drop in United States stock markets in months.

In other news, Palestinians in Gaza returning home after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas are confronted with widespread devastation. In France, President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister just days after his resignation. Meanwhile, scientists are celebrating a major conservation success as the green turtle has been rescued from near extinction.