The US President, Donald Trump, met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday in Scotland, where they confirmed plans to discuss Gaza.

A day after Israel eased aid restrictions due to a worsening humanitarian crisis, Trump said he disagreed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement that there was no starvation in Gaza. Two planes from the Jordanian and UAE Air Force airdropped 17 tons of humanitarian aid in Gaza on Monday, Jordan's military said. The aid packages come as hunger continues to soar across the strip. 

Palestinian residents of the Christian village of Taybeh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank say Israeli settlers torched two cars and left graffiti overnight.

It was the latest in a series of recent settler attacks on the village near Ramallah, where the Palestinian Authority is headquartered. 

Peace plan on agenda

Starmer plans to discuss a UK-led peace plan for Gaza with Trump Monday in Scotland.Starmer's spokesman, Dave Pares, said Britain supports Trump's efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, and the plan aims "to turn a ceasefire into lasting peace."

Starvation disagreement

Asked if he agreed with Netanyahu's remarks about hunger in Gaza, Trump said, "I don't know. I mean, based on television, I would say not particularly because those children look very hungry." Starmer, standing next to Trump, said, "We've got to get that ceasefire," in Gaza and called it "a desperate situation." Trump confirmed he and Starmer would talk about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. 

Egypt's leader on Monday called on Trump to help stop the war in Gaza. In a televised speech, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said the American leader is "the one who is able to stop the war, deliver the aid and end this suffering." 

US-China trade meet in Sweden with eye on Trump-Xi summit

Washington: When top US and Chinese officials meet in Stockholm, they are almost certain to agree to at least leaving tariffs at the current levels while working toward a meeting between their presidents later this year for a more lasting trade deal between the world's two largest economies, analysts say.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng are set to hold talks for the third time this year – this round in the Swedish capital, nearly four months after President Donald Trump upset global trade with his sweeping tariff proposal, including an import tax that shot up to 145% on Chinese goods.