Ben Chu
BBC Verify policy and analysis correspondent

President Trump is meeting UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in Scotland today to discuss trade, among other things.

Over the weekend, Trump agreed a deal on tariffs with the EU, having agreed one with the UK in May – so what’s the difference between the two agreements?

When it comes to headline tariff rates on goods, the UK’s 10% agreed with Washington is lower than the EU’s 15%.On the face of it, that difference in the tariff rate could advantage UK-based firms that are competing with EU based companies for sales into the US.

However, there a complexities in the agreements that make it tricky to compare.

For instance, in the case of car exports, the UK-US agreement says that exports of cars from the UK to the US will face a 10% tariff, which is lower than, external the 15% rate that will be faced by EU manufacturers selling cars in the US.

However, the UK’s 10% rate only applies to a quota of 100,000 vehicles a year, which is roughly, external what the UK sells into the US at the moment.

Each vehicle sold above that quota would be hit with the US’s 25% global tariff on car imports, which would be higher than the 15% tariff apparently facing all EU car exports.

No text of the EU-US agreement has yet been published.

Shruti Menon and Kumar Malhotra
BBC Verify

We’ve verified a video showing a man, apparently carrying a weapon, near the scene of a mass shooting in Bangkok that has left six people dead, including the gunman.

The footage shows the man with what looks like a gun in his right hand, walking away from two motionless figures lying on the road.

We’ve checked that the video is from today, and located it to a street near the popular Or Tor Kor market in Bangkok by comparing it to images on Google Earth, and other footage.

The man in the video is wearing a black shirt, camouflage shorts, a cap and a backpack, similar to a description of the suspected gunman reported in Thai media.

We’ve seen another video which shows the armed man on the same street, turning a corner with the two bodies in the foreground.

Thai police have told our colleagues at BBC Thai that the gunman opened fire at security guards due to a personal conflict.

We’ll continue to verify more footage from the incident as it emerges.

Daniel Wainwright
Senior BBC Verify data journalist

The European Union has agreed a trade deal with Donald Trump that will see a blanket tariff of 15% on most EU goods imported into the US, rather than the 30% that was threatened.

Tariffs on imports from around the world have seen US customs revenue reach record highs since they were introduced in April.

Since 2020, monthly “customs and certain excise taxes” reported by the US government would typically bring in between $7bn and $10bn.

But in April 2025, income jumped to over $17bn and rose again to $28bn in June.

Data up to last Thursday, external saw July’s current total stand at $27.3bn and counting.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said earlier this month that tariff income could reach $300 billion by the end of 2025.

Kevin Nguyen and Alex Murray
BBC Verify

While the air-dropped aid packages in Gaza are our main focus today, we’ve also looked at the separate packages that have been delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

The GHF, a group backed by Israel and the US, has been operating in Gaza since late May. It says that by the end of last week it had distributed 91 million meals, in the form of food boxes.

We asked nutritional experts to examine the contents of a “benchmark” box, which contains mainly dried goods, similar to those posted by GHF on X.

“In essence, this basket provides a full stomach but an empty diet,” according to Stuart Gordon, Professor of Humanitarian Aid at the London School of Economics.

“A diet like this over weeks would lead to ‘hidden hunger’, increasing the risk of diseases like anaemia and scurvy” he said.

If you missed it, you can read more of our analysis of GHF food aid box contents here.

Benedict Garman
BBC Verify senior journalist

We’re continuing to track air-dropped aid packages in Gaza – including whether they are landing in areas which are safely accessible.

Over the weekend, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shared videos, external of the resumption of air drops of aid packages into Gaza, which it said contained flour, sugar, and canned food.

But we’ve geolocated video of seven packages falling to the ground, showing them landing nearly 1km (0.6 miles) inside a part of north Gaza the IDF has explicitly declared a “dangerous combat zone” according to its own map, which it shared multiple times yesterday, external and which it had warned Gazans not to enter.

The map was released alongside an announcement about a humanitarian pause in military operations in specific areas. It features areas shaded red and white.

The white areas indicate where military activity is to be suspended during certain hours. However, the Israeli military has explicitly warned people not to return to the areas marked in red, saying it would put their lives at risk.

We asked the IDF why it dropped aid into a “dangerous combat zone” zone. It said it had “no comment on this matter”.

Tom Edgington
BBC Verify live editor

Hello and thank you forjoining us for today’s BBC Verify Live.

Israel has begun a 10-hourpause in military activity in parts of Gaza toallow more aid to be distributed. We’re tracking air drop operations, including some that landed in an area that was declared a “dangerous combatzone”.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will meet US PresidentDonald Trump in Scotland later. Trade is one of the topics up for discussion asStarmer seeks to reduce the US-imposed 25% tariff on British steel. We’ll beunpicking the US-UK trading relationship in light of the deal Trump struck withthe EU at the weekend.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farageis due to give a press conference later this morning on crime and policing. Ourfact-checkers will be following it.