President says Canada’s move to recognise a Palestine state ‘will make it very hard for us’ to conclude a trade deal

Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of US politics as Donald Trump intensified his trade war with Canada a day ahead of his 1 August deadline for a tariff agreement.

The president posted on his Truth Social platform:

Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh’ Canada!!!

Trump has said the US will charge a 15% tariff on imports from South Korea as part of an agreement with the key Asian trading partner and ally that avoids even higher levies. In contrast on Wednesday, Trump placed 25% tariffs on imports from India and 50% on those from Brazil .

Brown University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration that will reinstate nearly $50m in research funding by agreeing a commitment to nondiscrimination in both admissions and campus programs, and will grant federal officials access to its admissions data. Meanwhile $108m in federal research funding to Duke University has been frozen.

The US Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday , even amid intense pressure from Trump to lower rates. Earlier in the day, figures showed US gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a better-than-expected annual rate of 3% in the second quarter of 2025.

Kamala Harris announced on Wednesday that she will not run for governor of California – a highly anticipated decision that leaves the contest to lead the country’s largest blue state wide open.

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Stuart Broad is having a look at the green pitch and says “it’s a definite win-the-toss-and-bowl”.

Ben Stokes has been having a chat with Sky. He talks about his braced front leg helping him bowl the way he’s done this summer, and is asked about the spiciness of this series: “Honestly, I think it gets over-egged sometimes, massively. It’s something as players that we don’t lose sleep over. If there’s a bit of niggle out there, it’s part of the game.”

Last month, sectarian violence involving opposing fighters from the Druze minority faith and Bedouin tribes engulfed southern Syria again, forcing the government to send troops in an attempt to quell the violence. Amid the fighting, examples of humiliation and summary executions were documented on social media. Three Druze men from the same Arnous family: Osama, 26, Mouath, 24, and Baraa, 20, were among those killed as they took shelter from the violence. Guardian journalist William Christou talked to Osama's brother-in-law Hadi Neman who recounted their last moments

• Shot in the head, as if executed’: four days of violence end with hundreds dead in southern Syria

• Escalating unrest in Syria lays bare new regime’s momentous challenges

• ‘Tense calm’ returns to Syria’s Sweida province after week of deadly violence

The Naked Gun returns this weekend hoping to relaunch a long-dormant subgenre with Scary Movie, Spinal Tap and Spaceballs sequels to follow

The Naked Gun, a sequel/reboot to the old movie series of the same name, represents the first of its kind in a long time. No, not a legacy sequel, nor a Liam Neeson movie; the in-demand Irish actor still does two or three of those a year. Like its predecessors, The Naked Gun is a spoof – part of a comedic subgenre with astonishing versatility, in that it can lay claim to some of the very best and very worst comedies of all time. Maybe that’s why these movies, despite relatively low budgets and decent success rates, will sometimes disappear for years at a time. Now, in a period when a pure comedy hasn’t crossed the $100m mark in the US in almost a decade, The Naked Gun seems to be leading a revival. A sequel to the rock-doc spoof This Is Spinal Tap arrives next month, follow-ups to Scary Movie and the Mel Brooks Star Wars spoof Spaceballs are on the way, and there have even been whispers of a fourth Austin Powers film.

The leader of the latest comeback has a connection to some high-water marks: the original Naked Gun, yes, but more importantly 1980’s Airplane!, a feature-length spoof of the then-popular disaster movies from comic film-makers David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker. ZAZ, as the team was known, didn’t invent the idea of parodying familiar genres in a barrage of intentional (and subverted) cliches, sight gags, puns and other stupid-clever jokes. But Airplane! took on movies like Airport with such a deadpan density, and such a shockingly high hit rate, that it wrested the spoof crown from previous king, Mel Brooks (whose Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles are still standard-bearers for loving genre parody).

Some of us seem to be bitten much more than others – and in unlucky cases this can lead to an allergic reaction or chronic illness. Pharmacists explain how to avoid the worst insects have to offer

A downside to hot weather is all the bugs that can feast on or sting us. Is there anything you can do to avoid this? And what should you do if you are attacked? Here’s what pharmacists have to say about the best ways to prevent and treat stings and bites.

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as minister Heidi Alexander to meet head of Nats air traffic controller

Reuters reported that “at least 16 flights to and from London’s Heathrow Airport were cancelled on Thursday”.

However, a Heathrow spokesperson said that the airport was “back to business as usual” and there were no overhanging issues relating to the computer issue yesterday. Any cancellations are therefore likely to be for other reasons.

We are summoning – the transport secretary is summoning – in today the chief executive of of Nats to help us get to the bottom of what went wrong yesterday.

Clearly, an incident happened two years ago and measures were taken then.

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Assigned an unwinnable task, battling illness and fatigue, the American rider’s sacrifice helped bring down a giant. His Tour was not about glory, but purpose

Tadej Pogačar’s victory looked certain as he flew up Butte Montmartre for the second of three times on the Tour de France’s final stage. His lead in the race’s general classification (GC) stood at four minutes and 27 seconds over Jonas Vingegaard, more than 10 minutes clear of everybody else, and GC times had been frozen for the final stage. He had won four stages already; that he hadn’t won at least six seemed more his choice than anybody else’s. There was no need to be at the front here, to add a fifth cherry atop the ice cream, but Pogačar’s unquenchable competitive spirit demanded an attempt. He stamped on his pedals on the cobblestoned hill, scything riders off the back of the bunch. By the time he crested Montmartre, he had just four others for company.

Among them were the American Matteo Jorgenson and Wout van Aert, both of Vingegaard’s Visma Lease-a-Bike team. Thanks to superb climbing performances and helming the deepest team in the race, Vingegaard managed to defeat Pogačar at the 2022 and 2023 Tours de France – given Pogačar’s dominance since, these Tours now feel like distant memories from an obsolete world. Back then, Visma used Pogačar’s raw aggression against him. With the knowledge that he would respond to every acceleration, Vingegaard and his teammates threw jab after jab and Pogačar exhausted himself trying to counter with haymakers.

Peta urges UK business secretary to update regulations so wool is no longer grouped under ‘textile’

British consumers trying to avoid animal-derived products are being misled by unclear footwear labelling, a leading animal rights charity has said.

Under current legislation in the UK, all footwear must be labelled to show the main materials – at least 80% – used in the upper, lining and sock, and outer sole.