U.S. President Donald Trump is continuing his trip throughout Asia, meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Gyeongju, a historic city that is hosting this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
Although both sides say no progress has been made on an official trade deal, Trump said things were “pretty much finalized.”
The general framework includes gradual investments, cooperation on shipbuilding, and the lowering of Trump’s tariffs on South Korea’s automobile exports, according to Lee’s chief of staff for policy.
The ceasefire in Gaza was tested after the Israeli’s military carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 46 children.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the strikes after accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire for handing over body parts that Israel said were partial remains of a hostage recovered earlier in the war.
U.S. President Donald Trump defended the strikes, saying Israel was justified in carrying them out after Hamas killed the Israeli soldier, who also held U.S. citizenship.
A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday indefinitely barred the Trump administration from firing federal employees during the government shutdown.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston granted a preliminary injunction that bars the firings while a lawsuit challenging them plays out. Illston said that her order does not apply to notices sent before the shutdown.
Abigail Peters can be reached at pete4956@stthomas.edu.
