Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said that America had agreed to delay tariffs on imports from Mexico by one month. As part of the deal Mexico agreed to send 10,000 members of the National Guard to the border to prevent drug smuggling. Donald Trump had promised to impose tariffs of 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada, which were due to come into effect on Tuesday.
Mr Trump cast doubt on the future of USAID, accusing it of being “run by a bunch of radical lunatics”. Over the weekend the Trump administration continued its purge of the aid agency by removing two high-ranking officials. Its website was also shut down. Some reports suggest that USAID could be absorbed into the State Department, a move that could reduce funding for development programmes abroad.
OpenAI launched a new artificial-intelligence agent that can help users on its ChatGPT platform generate in-depth research reports on complex topics. Deep Research, as the service is called, promises to scour the internet for information, scanning images and PDFs. Last month OpenAI launched Operator, an agent that helps users make purchases online.
Armen Sarkisyan, the leader of a pro-Russian paramilitary group in eastern Ukraine, was killed in a bombing at a luxury apartment block in Moscow, according to Russian state media. One of Mr Sarkisyan’s bodyguards was also killed and three others injured. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Ukrainian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Mr Sarkisyan in 2014.
Bart De Wever became Belgium’s prime minister after five parties agreed on Friday to form a coalition. Mr De Wever, whose centre-right N-VA party won Belgium’s election nearly eight months ago, will be the first Flemish nationalist to become the country’s leader. He vowed to implement “the strictest migration policy ever” and cut public spending to improve Belgium’s finances.
Marco Rubio, America’s secretary of state, told José Raúl Mulino, Panama’s president, that China’s “position of influence and control” over the Panama Canal was unacceptable. Mr Rubio warned that America may “protect its rights” under the treaty governing the canal unless Panama curbed Chinese influence. Mr Mulino downplayed the warning, saying he did not see “any real threat” from America.
Jenni Hermoso, who led the Spanish women’s football team to a World Cup victory in 2023, gave evidence at the trial of Luis Rubiales, the former head of Spanish football. Mr Rubiales, who kissed Ms Hermoso when giving medals to her team, is accused of sexual assault and of later trying to coerce Ms Hermoso into saying that the kiss was consensual. (He has apologised and denies all charges.)
Figure of the day: 90,000, the number of Americans who died from drug overdoses, mainly involving fentanyl, in the year to August 2024. Read the full story.
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