White House taking questions as Trump's global tariff deadline looms

Leavitt: Witkoff to enter Gaza tomorrow

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is stood at the podium and says that Donald Trump's visit to Scotland was a "huge success".

"In less than 48 Trump brokered the biggest and most impactful trade deal in history and prevented a war in Asia for the second time," she says.

On the peace front, she says the US president helped deliver "an immediate and unconditional ceasefire" between Thailand and Cambodia.

"It's well past time Trump was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize," she adds.

She says US envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff had a "productive meeting" with Benjamin Netanyahu on delivering aid to Gaza.

"Tomorrow Witkoff and ambassador Mike Huckabee will be travelling into Gaza to inspect the distribution sites and secure a plan to deliver more food," she says.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is speaking to reporters ahead of Donald Trump's tariffs deadline.

Watch along in the stream at the top of this live page. We'll also be providing text updates.

Kamala Harris to release behind-the-scenes book on her presidential run

Kamala Harris will have a memoir published in September on the fall of her historic presidential run.

Called 107 Days, the length of her campaign, the book charts the former vice president's travels through the country and her account of her journey in the presidential campaign. 

"Since leaving office, I've spent a lot of time reflecting on those days and with candour and reflection, I've written a behind-the-scenes account of that journey. I believe there’s value in sharing what I saw, what I learned, and what it will take to move forward," Harris said in a video announcement today. 

The book will be published by Simon & Schuster on 23 September.

Harris ended up heading the Democratic ticket after Joe Biden dropped out last July and she was defeated last November by Donald Trump. 

Yesterday she announced that she will not run for California governor in 2026, but has still left the door open as a potential presidential candidate for 2028. 

'Chaos, dishonesty and inflation': Senior Democrat pans Trump tariffs

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has criticised Donald Trump over his latest trade deals with other countries, our partner network NBC News reports.

In comments made on the Senate floor, the Democrat said that instead of levering a 25% tariff as he threatened with South Korea, the president had now said South Korea will face 15% tariffs.

"And then he pretends like that's some kind of victory. 15% is far from a victory, because it is American families who are ones who are going to have to pay for it in the end," Schumer told the Senate.

Schumer said raising prices by 15% on imported goods was "a lot of money to a lot of people."

He added: "Four months since Donald Trump’s so-called Liberation Day, his trade war has been an experiment in chaos, dishonesty and inflation."

'We avoided the tariff increase,' Mexico president says

We've now heard from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum after Donald Trump announced a delay to imposing new tariffs agreed by the countries (see post at 4.10pm).

"We avoided the tariff increase announced for tomorrow," Sheinbaum wrote in a post on X.

She described her call with Trump as "very good."

Trump had been due to impose 30% tariffs on Mexican goods across the board tomorrow, but a temporary trade deal has been extended by 90 days.

Negotiations on a permanent agreement will continue during that period.

Trump says Russia and India 'can take their dead economies down together'

Canada isn't the only country Donald Trump has taken aim at over on Truth Social, as his tariffs deadline nears.

The US president has said India and Russia "can take their dead economies down together, for all I care".

"We have done very little business with India, their tariffs are too high, among the highest in the world," Trump wrote.

He also said Russia and the US "do almost no business together", adding "let's keep it that way".

"Tell Medvedev, the failed former president of Russia, who thinks he's still president, to watch his words," Trump warned.

"He's entering very dangerous territory."

Dmitry Medvedev has said that Trump's comments show Russia should continue "along its own path".

"If some words from the former president of Russia trigger such a nervous reaction from the high-and-mighty president of the United States, then Russia is doing everything right and will continue to proceed along its own path," he said on Telegram.

Singer slams 'sick' White House video promoting deportations using viral Jet2 soundtrack

Away from tariffs, singer Jess Glynne has criticised the White House after it used audio from a viral Jet2 advert to promote deportations.

Glynne, whose single Hold My Hand is used in the advert, has said she feels "sick" after the track was posted with images of people escorted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

Responding to the clip, which was shared in a post on X, Glynne said her music "is about love, unity and spreading positivity - never about division or hate".

The White House captioned the post "when ICE books you a one-way Jet2 holiday to deportation. Nothing beats it!"

That's a play on the narration in the advert, which says "nothing beats a Jet2 holiday".

Eyewitness: In the country that Trump claims 'nobody has ever heard of', his name evokes fear and panic

Lesotho - once dubbed the "denim capital of Africa" - has declared a state of national disaster over high youth unemployment and job losses linked to US tariffs and aid cuts.

Donald Trump is expected to finalise tariffs on several countries including Lesotho and South Africa tomorrow. 

In Lesotho, people are hoping for tariffs on the lower end, at 10%, but are preparing for a hit as high as 50%.

"That is multilateralism - to trade with one another and leverage on each other's strengths," Lesotho's minister of trade and industry Mokhethi Shelile told us.

"We did not think an economy so advanced, the pioneer of multilateralism, to renege and turn back on that very principle that has made it so big.

"We are done talking [with the US]. We are waiting for a response, for a final solution from them. We are told it will come soon, but we don't know how soon."

Trump grants last-minute extension to temporary trade deal with Mexico

Mexico appears to have dodged tariffs set to come into effect at midnight after Donald Trump announced a temporary reprieve.

He had been due to impose 30% tariffs on Mexican goods across the board tomorrow, but a temporary trade deal has been extended for another 90 days instead.

Negotiations on a permanent agreement will continue during that period, he posted on Truth Social.

"The complexities of a deal with Mexico are somewhat different than other nations because of both the problems and assets of the border," he wrote.

Trump says he and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to extend a previous deal which imposed tariffs on a limited number of Mexican imports.

"Mexico will continue to pay a 25% fentanyl tariff, 25% tariff on cars, and 50% tariff on steel, aluminium and copper," Trump said.

"Additionally, Mexico has agreed to immediately terminate its non tariff trade barriers, of which there were many."

Will Trump's brinkmanship produce last-minute deals or trigger tariff escalation?

The clock is ticking.

Donald Trump's self-imposed 1 August tariff deadline approaches.

It thrusts America's global trade partners into a final scramble to secure last-minute deals or face sweeping penalties.

He has delayed twice – from April to July and from July to August – but insists the deadline won't shift again.

The US has secured framework agreements with the UK, EU, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and last night, South Korea.

But the White House is far short of the "90 deals in 90 days" touted.

As of this morning, it was still negotiating with major partners like Canada, Mexico, China, India and Taiwan.

Multiple legal challenges to the president's use of emergency tariff powers are pending, with some hearings happening today.

Tomorrow marks the culmination of his high-risk brinkmanship.

Will his strategy force more last-minute trade deals or trigger tariff escalation and more market volatility?

We are about to find out.

-SKY NEWS