Evening Briefing Monday 28th July

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0:45The U.S. president, who's meeting Sir Keir Starmer in Scotland, has announced he's shortening the 50-day limit and he could impose 100 % tariffs on Moscow if Vladimir Putin doesn't comply. Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton has told Times Radio Russia are not intimidated by Trump's threats on tariffs, which wouldn't have much effect anyway. The other threat of secondary sanctions on purchasers of Russian oil and gas, which would fall primarily on countries like India and China, I think people see as hollow. After all the roundabout on trade issues to turn on China and India in whether it's 50 days or less than 50 days and suddenly impose major sanctions on them, I don't see that in Trump's game plan.

1:29Meanwhile, speaking alongside the Prime Minister outside his Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire, Donald Trump says people in Gaza must get food and safety immediately, and he's seen a lot of hungry-looking children there on his TV. We're giving a lot of money and a lot of food, and other nations are now stepping up. I know that this nation is right here. It's a humanitarian crisis. It's an absolute catastrophe. Nobody wants to see that, and I think people in Britain are revolted, it seems, what they're seeing on their screens. So we've got to get to that ceasefire. And thank you, Mr. President, for leading on that and also to just get more and more aid in.

2:07Donald Trump says America is now setting up food centres in Gaza because you can't fake the images of starvation coming out of the territory. Israel denies responsibility. The Times' World Affairs editor Catherine Philp told Times Radio a frustrated Donald Trump is starting to lash out. It's not just that his conversations with Putin aren't going very far. Similarly, Trump hasn't got what he wanted out of Bibi Netanyahu either. So he's seeing these two conflicts going on at the same time that he has staked so much political capital and credit on finishing these wars. Elsewhere, England's victorious women's football team have arrived home carrying the European Championship trophy they won last night.

2:50Huge crowds gathered to welcome them off the plane at London's South End Airport. Serena Vigman's squad are also visiting Downing Street for a reception with Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner. Reform UK's new advisor on police and crime says he's pushing the party to commit to opening at least 300 public-facing police buildings if it wins the next election. Former senior detective Colin Sutton also wants to see 30 ,000 new officers recruited. jurors in the trial of two brothers accused of attacking police officers at manchester airport will continue their deliberations tomorrow the pair deny assault claiming they acted in self-defense in july last year and crews are working to put out wildfires across greece and turkey as a heat wave continues across southern europe the army in albania is trying to stop flames reaching the tourist resort of saranda you can follow the times news briefing on spotify and listen to times radio online.

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