Donald Trump has called on the world to ‘step up’ over humanitarian support for Gaza and revealed Vladimir Putin is facing a new ultimatum to reach a deal over a peace agreement in Ukraine.

The US President has meet UK Prime Minsiter Sir Keir Starmer for talks at his Trump Turnberry golf resort in Ayrshire, Scotland, on the last full day of his trip to Britain.

Speaking outside the golf club with Sir Keir and his wife Victoria, Trump said the escalating crisis in Gaza was ‘one of the main reasons’ for the meeting as there was a ‘a lot of starving people’.

When asked about Russia, Trump added he was ‘very disappointed’ with President Vladimir Putin and suggested a 50-day ultimatum to agree a peace deal may be shortened.

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has arrived at Turnberry for talks with US President Donald Trump on Gaza and trade. The two will hold a meeting at Trump’s golf resort in South Ayrshire on the third full day of the US president’s private visit to Scotland. The two leaders will then travel together to Aberdeen for a further private engagement. Trump will use the visit to open a second course at his Menie resort. Meanwhile, First Minister John Swinney has said he will use his meeting with the president to make the case for cutting tariffs on Scotch whisky.

Reuters Trump enjoyed two days of golf at his Turnberry resort over the weekend

Swinney is expected to join Trump and Starmer for dinner on Monday evening. Speaking on BBC Breakfast, the first minister said he would press the president to exempt Scotch whisky from US trade tariffs. He said the uniqueness of whisky distilled in Scotland justified the exemption from the 10% tariff applied on UK exports into the US. He said tariffs were currently costing the local whisky industry £4m a week.

Swinney said: “Tariffs are very important for the Scottish economy and obviously Scotch whisky is a unique product. “It can only be produced in Scotland. It’s not a product that can be produced in any other part of the world. So there’s a uniqueness about that, which I think means there is a case for it to be taken out of the tariffs arrangement that is now in place. “Obviously the trade deal with the United States provides a degree of stability for economic connections with the United States, but the application of tariffs is increasing the costs for the Scotch whisky industry.” Swinney also said he will seek to ensure President Trump knows the “strength of feeling” in Scotland over the humanitarian situation in Gaza when they meet. President Trump arrived in Scotland on Friday evening, with Air Force One touching down at Glasgow Prestwick Airport before his entourage travelled to nearby Turnberry. He has since spent two days at Turnberry, playing golf with friends and guests in what has been billed as a private visit.

A high-level security operation was ramped up over the weekend, but public protests were limited to a handful of individuals at Turnberry while the main anti-Trump demonstrations in Aberdeen and Edinburgh on Saturday passed off largely peacefully. The first minister said the final cost of the policing the visit has yet to be worked out, but his government was “working very closely” with Police Scotland, the Scottish Police Authority and the UK government. He said: “The security arrangements have gone well since President Trump arrived on Friday, and that’s as it should be, because we’ve got an obligation to make sure that when we have major international visitors, when they come to Scotland, that they are protected and able to go about their activities. “It’s also important that members of the public who wish to express their point of view, who want to protest about the visit or about other issues, are able to go about their exercise of their democratic right to protest. That’s exactly what they’ve been able to do since Friday, and that’s the way it should be.”

Mr Trump is meeting the Prime Minister at the US president’s Turnberry golf course, where the Prime Minister is expected to raise the conflict in Gaza.

The PM arrived to the sound of bagpipes with his wife, Lady Starmer, and was greeted by Mr Trump. They later met for talks inside the venue.

Asked about the Channel crisis, Mr Trump said: “If you’re stopping immigration and stopping the wrong people my hats are off to you, you’re doing not a good thing, but a fantastic thing. But I know nothing about the boats.

“But if the boats are loaded up with bad people, and they usually are because other countries don’t send their best, they send people that they don’t want. And they’re not stupid people and they send the people that they don’t want and I’ve heard you’ve taken a much stronger stance on this.”

Warning that Europe was “a much different place” from five years ago, the president continued: “This is a magnificent part of the world, and you cannot ruin it, you cannot let people come here illegally.

“And what happens is there’ll be murderers, there’ll be drug dealers, there’ll be all sorts of things that other countries don’t want and they send them to you and they send them to us and you’ve got to stop them and I hear you’ve taken a very strong stand on immigration. And taking a strong stand on immigration is imperative.”

Mr Trump also said that while he did not mind Sir Keir taking a position on formally recognising Palestine as a state, he would not do so himself and that getting food into Gaza was his priority.

He went on to argue the US should have been thanked for its support for the Middle East and that the international community had failed to do so.

Trump also said he would be reducing a 50-day deadline given to President Putin to agree a deal with Ukraine

The president said the US was “prepared” to help humanitarian efforts in Gaza amid a rising outcry over images of emaciated children

President Trump hailed his “unparalleled” relationship with Sir Keir Starmer as he hosted the prime minister in Scotland

President Trump thanked Sir Keir Starmer for his support on international affairs.

He said: “We’ve done a lot of good work. We’ve had great support from the prime minister.

“Any time we needed help, any time we needed any form of support, you’ve been there. We appreciate it very much, and we’re going to continue onward.”

New deadline for Russia will be ‘10 or 12 days’

Trump said his new deadline for Putin to come to the negotiating table over the Ukraine invasion would be between 10 and 12 days

Asked by reporters how long he would set for the new deadline, Trump said: “I am going to make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today. There is no reason in waiting.”

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‘If Hamas didn’t have hostages, things would go very quickly’

Hamas has become “very difficult to deal with” in recent days, Trump said.

He said: “Hamas has become very difficult to deal with in the last couple of days, because they don’t want to give up these last 20 [hostages], because they think as long as … they have them, they have protection, but I don’t think it can work that way.

“So I’m speaking to Netanyahu, and we are coming up with various plans. I’m going to say it’s a very difficult situation. If they didn’t have the hostages, things would go very quickly, but they do, and we know where they have them, in some cases, and you don’t want to go riding roughshod over that area, because that means those hostages will be killed.”

UK to help set up walk-in food centres in Gaza

Food centres without fences will be set up in Gaza with the help of the UK, Trump said.

He said: “So we’re going to set up food centres where the people can walk in and no boundaries, we’re not going to have fences.

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“You know, they can’t, they see the food from 30 yards away and they see the food, it’s all there, but nobody’s at it because they have fences set up that nobody can even get it. It’s crazy what’s going on over there.”

The US would “supply funds”, Trump said, and other nations, including the UK and “all of the European nations” are also involved.

First task in Gaza is ‘getting the children fed’, Trump says

President Trump said “we want to get the children fed” when discussing Gaza. “Before we get to phase two — what is going to happen afterwards — we want to get the children fed,” Trump said.

He said the US had contributed $60 million in aid last week and repeated the claim that Hamas take some of the food aid.

Trump continued: “We want to help. It’s a terrible situation. The whole thing is terrible. It’s been bad for many years.”

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He said the president of the EU commission, Ursula von der Leyen, had been “terrific” on the matter, adding: “We have a good group of countries who are going to help with the humanitarian needs.”

PM offers to take Trump to a football game

Starmer has invited Trump to a football ground in return for this visit to Trump’s golf course.

Speaking in a more traditional mid-meeting statement to media while sat next to the US President, Starmer said: “It’s fantastic to be here, thank you for your hospitality and to see this amazing golf course. I’ll invite you to a football game at some stage and we can exchange sports.”

A big football fan, the prime minister is known to be a supporter of Arsenal and still plays five-a-side himself.

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Trump, whose preferred sport is golf, replied: “It’s been great being with you and thank you very much.” He then praised Starmer yet again for the trade deal they had agreed.

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Starmer and Trump discussing how to end ‘awful’ situation in Gaza

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Sir Keir Starmer and President Trump are speaking to media again, this time from within the Turnberry buildings.

Starmer says the pair are discussing a ceasefire in Gaza, getting more humanitarian aid in and “a plan for what happens afterwards”.

The prime minister said the situation in Gaza was “intolerable including images of starvation”.

He added: “Both of us know that we have to get to that ceasefire and we have to get humanitarian aid in and thank you for what you have already been doing, are doing and committed to because without you this would not be capable of resolution.

“We can work not just on the pressing issues of a ceasefire but also on this issue of getting humanitarian aid in at volume, at speed. And then we have discussed a plan for what happens afterwards. I think we can do our very best to alleviate what is an awful situation.”

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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israeli human rights groups

Israeli NGOs have for the first time published reports accusing Israel of “genocide” in Gaza.

The human rights groups B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights issued a joint statement after the report’s publication, saying: “An examination of Israel’s policy in the Gaza Strip and its horrific outcomes, together with statements by senior Israeli politicians and military commanders about the goals of the attack, leads to the unequivocal conclusion that Israel is taking co-ordinated, deliberate action to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip.”

Both organisations are frequent critics of Israeli government policies. Their language in today’s two reports, however, marks their most harsh yet.

Israel has not responded but has repeatedly rejected accusations of genocide, saying it takes steps to mitigate harm to civilians and accusing Hamas of embedding itself in civilian infrastructure, including schools and hospitals.

“Nothing prepares you for the realisation that you are part of a society committing genocide. This is a deeply painful moment for us,” B’Tselem’s executive director, Yuli Novak, told a news conference.

Watch: Palestinians crowd aid trucks in southern Gaza on Saturday

Obama calls for action to stop ‘preventable starvation’ in Gaza

Barack Obama has called for “immediate action” to stop “the travesty of innocent people dying of preventable starvation” in Gaza.

“Aid must be permitted to reach people in Gaza. There is no justification for keeping food and water away from civilian families,” the former US president added in a post on X.

Trump tells Europe to ‘get their act together’ on immigration

On small boats, Trump also said the UK “cannot let people come in here illegally”.

He praised Starmer’s “very strong stand on immigration”, but added: “Europe is going to is a much different place than it was just five years ago, ten years ago.

“They’ve got to get their act together. If they don’t, you’re not going to have Europe anymore, as you know it, and you can’t do that. This is a magnificent part of the world, and you cannot ruin it.

“You cannot let people come in here illegally. And what happens is, there’ll be murderers, there’ll be drug dealers, there’ll be all sorts of things that other countries don’t want, and they send them to you, and they send them to us, and you’ve got to stop them.”

‘She’s as respected as him’: Trump praises Victoria Starmer

The US president has previously told the prime minister that his wife was his “greatest asset” ANDREW HARNIK/GETTY IMAGES

Notably appearing alongside Sir Keir Starmer on the visit to see President Trump is the prime minister’s wife, Victoria.

Trump has a long record of paying attention to the wives of male foreign leaders, and Britain’s equivalent of the first lady is no exception.

The Times revealed in January that in one of their first ever calls, Trump told Starmer that his wife was “beautiful” and the prime minister’s “greatest asset”.

The flattery continued in public this afternoon. Referring to Victoria, Trump said: “She’s a respected person all over the United States. I don’t know what he’s doing but she’s very respected, as respected as him. I don’t want to say more, I’ll get myself in trouble. But she’s a great woman and is very highly respected.”

Trump says he’s reducing 50-day deadline for Russia to agree Ukraine deal

President Trump said he will reduce the 50-day deadline he had given President Putin for a deal on Ukraine.

Asked about the war in Ukraine, Trump said: “I have spoken to President Putin a lot, I get along with him very well. Five times we’ve had discussions, you (Starmer) and I have had discussions. We thought we had that settled numerous times.

“And then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city — like Kiev — and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever and I say that’s not the way to do it. I’m disappointed in President Putin. I’m going to reduce that 50 days to a lesser number.”

‘Nobody has done anything great in Gaza’

President Trump said “nobody has done anything great” in Gaza.

Asked whether Israel had done all it could to avoid civilian casualties, Trump said: “Nobody has done anything great over there. The whole place is a mess. It will get straightened out. They have to get food and safety right now.”

Analysis: Starmer navigates another tricky Trump encounter

Every time President Trump appears next to a foreign leader in front of the media, it is a moment of serious political peril for the US president’s guest (Max Kendix writes).

So Sir Keir Starmer will be grateful that he has again avoided public embarrassment with Trump’s comments.

The president, as ever, veered wildly off topic about war in the Congo, nuclear dust and migrants on the southern border. Whenever a question was asked on red-button topics — free speech or illegal immigration into Britain, for example — the prime minister made sure to steer Trump to praise over criticism. The strategy worked, as it did in the White House in February.

But as Starmer has discovered since, navigating these public moments is not even half the battle of negotiating with this president.

Trump on Gaza: ‘Those children looked very hungry’

Asked whether he supports Netanyahu’s view that there is no starvation in Gaza, President Trump said “based on television I would say not particularly because those children looked very hungry”.

“We’re giving a lot of money and a lot of food and other nations are now stepping up,” he added. “I know this nation is.”

Starmer adds: “There’s a humanitarian crisis. It’s an absolute catastrophe. People in Britain are revolted at what they are seeing. We have got to get to that ceasefire. Thank you Mr President for leading on that and also just to get more aid in. America has done a lot on this, a lot of countries have done a lot, we’re now working with Jordan on getting direct aid drops in. This is a desperate situation.”

UK-US relationship ‘unparalleled’

The relationship between the UK and US is “unparalleled”, Trump said.

The US president said: “We’re in great shape, the trade deal was made with the UK, the prime minister did a great job. You know, they’ve been trying to make that deal for 12 years and he got it done.

“So everybody respects it, there’s going to be a lot of jobs for here and great for America. And you know, in terms of even the relationship, our relationship is unparalleled. But it keeps it even closer, you know, when you’re able to have a good trade deal.”

Trump praises Starmer for ‘stronger stance’ on small boats

President Trump said the UK is “doing a fantastic thing” when asked how he would respond to small boats crossing the Channel.

Trump said: “If you’re stopping immigration and stopping the wrong people … my hats are off to you. You’re doing, not a good thing, you’re doing a fantastic thing.

“So I know nothing about the boats, but if the boats are loaded up with bad people, and they usually are, because, you know, other countries don’t send their best they send people that they don’t want, and they’re not stupid people, and they send the people that they don’t want.”

Turning to Starmer, Trump added: “And I’ve heard that you’ve taken a much stronger stance on this.”

‘We want ceasefire in Gaza’

Asked about a ceasefire in Gaza, Trump says “we want to get one”.

He then turned to the ceasefire just announced between Thailand and Cambodia.

When asked whether he agreed with Starmer’s position on recognising a Palestinian state being a “concrete step towards a lasting peace” Trump replied: “I’m not going to take a position.”

Trump: Gaza one of main reasons for meeting

President Trump has said the situation in Gaza is the “one of the main reasons” for his meeting with Sir Keir Starmer today.

Speaking to gathered media while the sound of bagpipes blared behind him, the US President said: “We’ve given a lot of money to Gaza for food and everything else. A lot of that money is stolen by Hamas and a lot of the food is stolen. We’re very much involved and I think it’s one of the main reasons for our meeting.”

Starmer adds: “Yes, we will be discussing that today.”

PM greeted by Trump at Turnberry

Sir Keir Starmer has arrived at Trump’s Turnberry golf course. The prime minister was welcomed by President Trump to the tune of bagpipes.

EU could partially suspend Israel’s access to Horizon program

Members of the European Commission are scheduled to discuss today a proposal to partially suspend Israel’s access to the bloc’s Horizon Europe research funding program.

An agenda published by the Commission confirmed the talks after several EU countries asked the bloc to put concrete options on the table, warning that Israel was not living up to its commitments under an agreement on humanitarian access to Gaza.

European leaders speak of ‘dark day’ after trade deal

President Trump and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, shake hands after their meeting at Turnberry yesterday BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

As Trump and Starmer prepare for their meeting in Scotland today, some European leaders have given a far from warm reaction to the trade deal agreed between the US president and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, yesterday.

François Bayrou, France’s prime minister, said it was a “dark day” when “an alliance of free peoples … resorts to submission”. Jordan Bardella, president of the country’s far-right National Rally, wrote on X: “Ursula von der Leyen accepted yesterday the commercial surrender of Europe, to the detriment of our exporters, farmers and industrialists,”

Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime minister, said he supported the arrangement “without enthusiasm”, while Hungary’s Eurosceptic firebrand leader, Viktor Orbán, said Trump “ate von der Leyen for breakfast”. He added: “The US president is a heavyweight when it comes to negotiations while Madame President is [a] featherweight.”

Others, including the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, were more welcoming of the deal, which fixed a baseline tariff of 15 per cent. “This agreement has succeeded in averting a trade conflict that would have hit the export-orientated German economy hard,” Merz said.

Germany prepared to ‘increase pressure’ on Israel over Gaza

Germany is prepared to put pressure on Israel, its government has said, after the chancellor, Friedrich Merz, called his Israeli counterpart, Binyamin Netanyahu, yesterday, urging him to help “starving” Gazans.

A spokesman for the German government, which is one of Israel’s biggest backers in Europe, said: “The chancellor was very clear in the phone conversation with the Israeli prime minister … that the federal government is prepared to increase the pressure if progress is not made.”

Citing a security cabinet meeting this afternoon, the spokesman added: “In principle, we are prepared to take further steps, which is also the purpose of this afternoon’s security meeting.”

Germany is the biggest arms exporter to Israel after the US.

US and UK have ‘different positions’ on Palestinian statehood

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The US has a “different position” to Britain on recognising a Palestinian state, a senior minister has acknowledged.

Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary said Britain was “deeply committed” to the concept, but told LBC: “The US, I think, it’s probably got a different position to us at present, but I do think they want to see this conflict end.”

He said Starmer and Trump would have “a conversation about what’s the best way to do that”.

PM arrives in Glasgow

Sir Keir Starmer has landed in Glasgow before his meeting with President Trump. He flew in from Zurich after watching England’s Lionesses win the Euros yesterday. The prime minister is expected to arrive at Turnberry by midday.

US ‘used 25% of Thaad interceptor missiles’ in Iran-Israel war

The US drained a quarter of its supply of Thaad interceptor missiles as it helped down Iranian missiles aimed at Israel during their 12-day war last month, according to reports.

US forces intercepted Tehran’s missiles, firing more than 100 Thaad (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) missiles, with sources telling CNN the number could be as high as 150.

The revelation could stoke fears of a gap being exposed in America’s defence network at a moment where US support for Israel’s military offensives has reached a historic low. Just 23 per cent of Americans said Israel’s actions in Gaza are justified, according to an SSRS poll conducted in July.

14 die of malnutrition in Gaza, ministry says

Fourteen Gazans have died of malnourishment in the last 24 hours, the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry said this morning.

Two children are said to be among those who have died. The total number of deaths related to malnourishment has now risen to 147, the ministry said, 88 of which are children.

Also on the agenda: Iran’s nuclear capabilities

Satellite images show Iran’s Fordow fuel enrichment facility after it was struck by US missiles last month MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES/AFP/ GETTY IMAGES

Another issue likely to be on the agenda for Starmer and Trump is the future of the Iranian nuclear programme after the recent strikes by Israeli — and later US — warplanes.

Trump claimed that American “bunker-buster bombs” totally “obliterated” the main sites where uranium enrichment, key to the programme, took place. However, there remain concerns that Iran was able to secrete away its stocks of already enriched uranium — enough to build several warheads — and may be able to resurrect the programme.

• Operation Midnight Hammer: how the US strikes on Iran unfolded

Iran today said it had reached an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear watchdog, to resume inspections of the programme.

That was a key demand for European states, including the UK, as they decide whether to reimpose “snapback” UN sanctions on Iran under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal.

The IAEA has accused Iran of not being transparent, though it confirmed that it had set eyes on the enriched uranium stocks in June, before the Israeli and US strikes.

PM expected to meet Trump at about 12

Sir Keir Starmer is set to arrive at Turnberry this morning and be greeted by President Trump around midday. We are expected to get some remarks to the media from Trump shortly afterwards.

The pair will hold a bilat in the early afternoon before travelling to visit Trump’s golf resort in Aberdeenshire.

Israel says 180 more aid trucks ‘awaiting distribution’ in Gaza

Along with the 120 lorries that were able to deliver aid inside the Strip on Sunday, “an additional 180 trucks entered Gaza and are now awaiting collection and distribution”, COGAT, an Israeli defence ministry body, said on X. “Hundreds of others still queued for UN pickup”, the post added.

The figures are in line with an increase recorded in the second half of last week, after the outcry about the number of children suffering malnutrition massively raised pressure on the Israeli authorities to change tack.

• Does Israel’s concession on Gaza aid bring a ceasefire any closer?

Brexit helped UK get lower US tariffs, minister says

Britain getting a lower US tariff rate than the EU is a benefit of Brexit, the business secretary has acknowledged.

Jonathan Reynolds said the deal was “a benefit of being out of the European Union, having our independent trade policy. Absolutely no doubt about that.”

President Trump agreed a deal that imposes 15 per cent tariffs on imports of goods from the EU, compared with 10 per cent or lower on British goods.

Reynolds said that “all of the trade negotiations that we’ve got use the fact that we are not part of the Customs Union anymore”, but urged people to move on from old debates.

He said “there’s been costs as well” to leaving the EU, saying that the Brexit referendum remained “contentious” but he wanted “sensible, pragmatic” deals that voters on both sides could welcome.

Reynolds, who backed Remain, told BBC Breakfast that “I would like to try and build something looking for the future. I know how strongly people feel.”

We’re witnessing a ‘21st-century atrocity’, senior UN official says

Israeli military pauses in three areas of Gaza are expected to last only “a week or so”, Tom Fletcher, the UN humanitarian chief, has said.

Fletcher said the time frame was “clearly insufficient”, telling the BBC that the UN was witnessing a “21st-century atrocity”.

He described the next few days as “make or break”, adding that the 100 or so truckloads of aid that were distributed in the Strip yesterday were “a drop in the ocean” and that much of it “got looted”.

Palestinians carry sacks of flour distributed from aid trucks in the coastal Zikim area of northern Gaza on Sunday KHAMES ALREFI/ANADOLU VIA GETTY IMAGES

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‘Tokenistic’ recognition of Palestinian state would not help, minister says

Britain does not want a “tokenistic” recognition of a Palestinian state, a senior minister has said.

Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, said that Britain wanted to recognise Palestine in this parliament, but argued this had to be done “in a way that gets the breakthrough we need”.

“Many countries around the world have already done this — to be frank, to be candid, that hasn’t stopped the appalling scenes that we’re talking about this morning,” he said.

“We can only do this once. If we do it in a way which is tokenistic, which doesn’t produce the end to this conflict, where do we go to next?”

Airdrops alone ‘not enough’ to deliver aid Gaza needs

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Airdrops of aid into Gaza will not be enough to end starvation, the government has acknowledged.

Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, said: “We know the only way to get sufficient quantities of aid into Gaza is for that blockade to end, for those vehicles to get in on the ground. The point about the air drops is that we cannot wait. We’ve got to do something. It’s an unconscionable situation.”

‘Only the US can persuade Israel to restart peace talks’

Only the US can persuade Israel to let in more aid to Gaza and restart peace talks, the business secretary has acknowledged.

Jonathan Reynolds said Sir Keir Starmer would seek to persuade President Trump to do more at a meeting today because “the US are the ones with real leverage” in the Middle East.

“We need the US. Only the US can really make the kind of breakthrough as a third country that we need to see in terms of the end of this conflict,” he told Sky News.

Israel begins daily pause in military action

A pause in Israeli military action is thought to have begun in three areas of Gaza to “improve the humanitarian response”.

The halt in activity was due to begin this morning at 10am local time (8am UK time), lasting until 8pm local time (6pm UK time). Israel’s military said it would come into force on a daily basis in Gaza City, al-Mawasi and Deir al-Balah.

Israel also confirmed on Monday morning that 120 truckloads of aid were distributed in Gaza yesterday by the UN and aid agencies.

Humanitarian aid is airdropped over northern Gaza on Sunday ABDEL KAREEM HANA/AP

Scottish leader will also push Trump on Gaza

Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, has also said that he will use a planned meeting with Trump to call for more humanitarian aid and a ceasefire in Gaza.

He told BBC Breakfast: “The international situation is causing deep unease and concern and heartbreak within Scotland, particularly the situation in Gaza.”

Swinney said the “blunt human reality” is that the people of Gaza face starvation and there “must be an intensification of pressure on Israel”.

Trump is “perhaps uniquely positioned to apply that pressure to Israel”, he said.

Swinney said he also plans to discuss trade, investment and economic connection.

Tariffs on British steel to also be discussed

Also on the table when Starmer meets Trump will be the future of tariffs on British steel.

The US and UK have agreed to slash trade barriers but tariffs for the steel industry were left at 25 per cent rather than falling to zero as originally agreed.

Downing Street said that both sides were working “at pace” to “go further to deliver benefits to working people on both sides of the Atlantic” and to give UK industry “the security it needs”.

The two leaders are also expected to discuss the war in Ukraine, which No 10 said would include “applying pressure” on President Putin to end the invasion.

Starmer and Trump will then travel on together for a private engagement in Aberdeen.

PM to prioritise Gaza in Trump talks

The prime minister is said to be “horrified” by images of starvation in Gaza and will prioritise the issue when he meets President Trump at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.

No 10 said Sir Keir Starmer would raise “what more can be done” to secure a ceasefire and “bring an end to the unspeakable suffering and starvation”.

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to attempt to set out a “UK peace plan” LEON NEAL/REUTERS

Trump said the pair would be “discussing a lot about Israel”, adding that Starmer was “very much involved in terms of wanting something to happen”.

Starmer is expected to attempt to set out a “UK peace plan” and revive wider efforts to reach a solution in Gaza. He insists that British recognition of a Palestinian state is a matter of “when, not if” and is seeking to do so as part of a co-ordinated international effort.

Trump plans to set up US-supplied food centres in Gaza

US president Donald Trump said: “We do have to take care of the humanitarian needs in what they used to call the Gaza Strip.”

He continued: “We’re going to set up food centres, and we’re going to do it in conjunction with some very good people, and we’re going to supply funds.”

Trump continues: “Other nations are joining us – I know your nation’s joining us [the UK].

“We have all of the European nations joining us, and others also have called and they want to be helpful.”

He said he wanted to be able to allow people to “walk in”. “We’re not going to have fences”, he added.

“They see the food – it’s all there […] because they have fences set up, nobody can even get it. It’s crazy what’s going on over there,” he concludes.