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The Israeli air force has bombed a villa in Doha, the Qatari capital, where leaders of Hamas were thought to be meeting. Much about the strike is still unclear, such as who exactly was killed. (Hamas says its leaders survived.) The attack has shocked the Gulf and raised questions about what Donald Trump knew of
the strike on an American ally.
Elsewhere, Mr Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods are among America’s highest. As a result, Chinese exports to America have plunged by a quarter compared with a year earlier. Yet Mr Trump’s grander ambition—to hurt China’s trade machine—has been unsuccessful. We explain why. |