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Today, Israel opens up new aid routes as starvation grips Gaza, Trump's in Scotland to do a trade deal and play some golf.

Why tariffs are such a headache for one legendary music manufacturer, plus big alcohol considers a pivot as so-called Chardonnay Moms shift to THC.

This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in ten minutes every day.

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Beit Lahiya in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to receive aid, after Israel said it would allow new aid corridors in the enclave where images of hungry Palestinians have alarmed the world.

Israel said it would halt military operations for 10 hours each day in parts of Gaza and resume aid airdrops as well.

The move comes amid mounting international pressure to ease the humanitarian crisis there, with relief agencies warning of mass starvation.

Israel says it has let enough food into Gaza and accuses the United Nations of failing to distribute it.

The UN says it's operating as effectively as possible under Israeli restrictions.

Cambodia and Thailand each said the other had launched artillery attacks across contested border areas early on Sunday.

That comes hours after President Donald Trump said the leaders of both countries had agreed to work on a ceasefire.

Four days after the worst fighting in more than a decade, the death toll stood above 30, mainly civilians.

In the Thai border town of Sisaket, farmer Hat Pongtong said that while he's scared, he's staying put to protect his home.

U.S. President Donald Trump's arrival in Scotland was met with hundreds of protesters and their bagpipes.

Many came to protest outside the U.S. consulate in Edinburgh, where some held up signs with images of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.

Louise McSorley said she was protesting Trump, not Americans.

I'm very much against everything that Trump stands for and what he's doing in America.

So I want people to know, the Americans know, that we are very much pro them, their democracy.

While he's there, he will open up a golf course near Aberdeen.

He's also meeting with European officials as the U.S. and EU are engaged in a bitter trade dispute.

The European Union and the United States are each other's largest trading partners by far.

And so the impact has been pretty significant in Europe already.

What we know so far is that 10 percent took effect in April.

And as of a couple of weeks ago, Europe is facing a tariff rate of 30 percent, which would be quite devastating for many European exporters, particularly countries that are very dependent on exports like Germany and Italy.

On top of that, there are sectoral tariffs that have to do with cars, there'll be more tariffs coming on pharmaceuticals, there's already tariffs in place on steel and aluminum, quite high, 50 percent.

And what appears to be happening is that they've moved toward a deal that would include a broad 15 percent rate.

What the Americans are trying to get is to extract as much value as possible.

It's a message that the president frequently will give to his close associates.

But tariffs have been front of mind for D'Addario and company.

They're the maker of strings and drumsticks for the world's top musicians.

What did we do in the onset of the tariff war?

He says that back in April, Trump was generating so much turmoil on trade that his team, which he described as a tariff task force, met daily.

We estimate that we've incurred anywhere between half a million to three quarters of a million dollars in additional costs that we didn't plan for already this year.

Tim Appel visited the D'Addario facilities.

So, Tim, what are the challenges that they're facing here?

Well, some of the biggest challenges they're facing is with their export markets because they're concerned they produce mostly in the U.S., but they sell all around the world and they really rely on for almost half their sales on these foreign markets.

And when the U.S. puts tariffs up, what is going to happen down the road is that those other countries are going to respond.

And that seems to be one of their biggest concerns looking forward is that there'll be retaliation and that will hurt their business.

But in a more basic way, they are a totally integrated company in the global economy.

They get Japanese oak, special Japanese oak for drumsticks.

The cane that they grow for making woodwind instrument reeds, they have their own plantations, one in France and one in Argentina.

And when that cane comes here, right now it's being tariffed at 10 percent.

And they're concerned that it will go up much further after August 1st.

Some drinkers looking for a buzz are swapping booze for THC drinks.

And now retailers are reporting that sales of these mood-altering cannabis drinks are pushing beer off the shelves and alcohol makers are taking note.

Reporter Jessica Denopoli is covering the story.

What we were told by sources for the story is that moms who used to be maybe the

Chardonnay mom are now the THC beverage mom.

We spoke to a dad on Long Island who quit drinking a couple of years ago.

He's 39, replaced his drinks with these drinks and is able to hang out with the same people, but without feeling like really hung over the next day.

So big alcohol companies who have dabbled in the space before are sniffing around.

They're seeing, should we invest in this company?

There's kind of a smattering of small brands, but we could see if a really big player gets in, the sort of marketing campaign, the distribution that a top alcohol maker has, something rolled out nationwide.

Some states have already been very friendly towards these drinks.

Minnesota, Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia are just some that come to mind.

California, even though marijuana recreational use is legal, they're concerned about products like the drinks getting into the hands of children, because right now you're not really carded when you buy these drinks, depending on where you are.

So there's this gray area that's catching the eye of regulators.

Speaking of marijuana, Snoop Dogg has become the latest in a long line of American investors into English and European football clubs, with the announcement this week that he's become a co-owner of the Welsh champion soccer team Swansea City.

More than half of European and English football teams are now owned by American private equity firms, financiers and, of course, celebrities.

Kurt Badenhausen covers sports business on the site Sportico.com.

Celebrities are buying up and buying into European soccer clubs like crazy.

And Snoop Dogg has been everywhere in recent years.

He's he's one of Corona's biggest stars in their ad campaign.

He was all over the Olympics, covering him for NBC.

Snoop Dogg has become a very important player in the world of sports.

Snoop Dogg has become arguably one of the biggest celebrities in the United States right now. So it would seem to be the natural move.

I think English football is cool right now.

And now if you think about next year in the championship, you're going to have Tom

Brady, Ryan Reynolds, Snoop Dogg all owning stakes in teams.

Those are three of the biggest American celebrities that you could name.

Eva Longoria has just bought into Wrexham.

And so it's going to be a lot of action on and off the field.

And for today's recommended read, a Reuters special report found that Elon Musk halted

Starlink during a pivotal 2022 counteroffensive by Ukraine's military and how that has hurt Keeve's trust in the billionaire's space-based Internet service.

For more on any of the stories from today, check out Reuters.com or the Reuters app.

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And we'll be back tomorrow with our daily headline show.

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