Goods from China are to face an extra 10% levy from Tuesday alongside additional 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will discuss “victory over Hamas,” countering Iran and expanding diplomatic relations with Arab countries in his meeting with Donald Trump this week.

Tuesday’s meeting at the White House will be Trump’s first with a foreign leader since returning to office in late January. It comes as US and Arab mediators begin the work of brokering the next phase of the fragile Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.