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Feb 2025
49m 26s

Trump says US will ‘take over’ and ‘own’...

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The US president Donald Trump during the news conference with Israel leader Benjamin Netanyahu says the US will 'take over' and 'own' the Gaza Strip.

The US China tariffs are still on, even if Donald Trump pressed pause on the ones on Mexico and Canada.

A call had been expected between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart... but it hasn't happened - and the US president says he's in no hurry. So, it's 10% on China's imports to the US and China has put on its own 10% on US goods and curbing exports of rare earth metals.

How is Argentina reacting to President Trump threats?

We'll bring you the latest in the trade war.

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