Trump tariffs confirmation, Syrian sanctions easing and Mars beach discovery

the US clashes with its European allies over Ukraine, Trump confirms that his planned tariffs ‘will go forward on schedule, the EU lifts several sanctions on Syria, Hamas reports that six babies have died of hypothermia in Gaza, the UK’s Starmer pledges to increase defense spending to 2.5% by 2027, Singapore’s DBS Bank plans 4K job cuts as AI takes on more tasks, a US judge blocks a Trump-ordered transfer of 12 transgender inmates to male prisons, as a court blocks immigration raids at certain religious sites, a mystery illness kills dozens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and China's Zhurong rover finds that Mars may have hosted ‘vacation-style' beaches. Sources:  www.verity.news