1. A US media report says President Donald Trump has expressed frustration over poor coordination within his government of US weapons deliveries to Ukraine. On Monday, Trump said the US will have to send more defensive weapons to Ukraine, effectively reversing the move.
2. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he and other top American trade officials may meet Chinese negotiators in early August. Attention is on whether any progress to improve relations between the two countries could come out of such talks.
3. French President Emmanuel Macron is on a state visit to the United Kingdom. The three-day trip is the first to the country by a leader of a member state of the European Union since Britain left the bloc in 2020. Macron indicated that France will work with Britain to keep supporting Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion. He said, “We will fight till the very last minute in order to get this ceasefire, in order to start the negotiations to build this robust and sustainable peace.”