The Latest: Trump sets 25% tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea

President Donald Trump announces 25% tariffs on goods from Japan and South Korea beginning Aug. 1.

President Donald Trump on Monday placed a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, citing persistent trade imbalances with the two crucial U.S. allies in Asia. Trump provided notice of the tariffs to begin on Aug. 1 by posting letters on Truth Social that were addressed to the leaders of both countries.

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Iran’s president says his country cannot access nuclear sites damaged by US strikes

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says that U.S. airstrikes so badly damaged three of his country’s nuclear facilities last month that Iranian authorities have still not been able to access them to survey the destruction.

Pezeshkian said in an interview published Monday with conservative American broadcaster Tucker Carlson that Iran would be willing to resume cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog but cannot yet commit to allowing them unfettered access to monitor the sites.

“We are ready to hold talks over it,” Pezeshkian said. “We have never been the party that has run away from verification. We stand ready to have such supervision, unfortunately, as a result of the United States’ unlawful attacks against our nuclear centers and installations, many of the pieces of equipment and the facilities there have been severely damaged. Therefore, we don’t have any access to them, we cannot see. And this access will have to wait for that.”

Israelis rally for Gaza hostage release, end to wire outside US Embassy

Israelis rallied outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on Monday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a U.S. visit.

Demonstrators held signs demanding an end to the Gaza war, and demanding Israel win the release of hostages held in the Palestinian territory.