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US President Donald Trump met with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the first world leader to visit the White House since Trump announced a wave of tariffs on global trading partners last week.

Here are the key takeaways from the day:

• Trump says the US is engaged in direct talks with Iran, adding they have a "very big meeting" on Saturday
• He says that Iran "can't have a nuclear weapon", and that Iran will be in "trouble" if the talks don't progress well
• Trump also says the US and Israel are working on a deal to return the hostages from Gaza, after a fragile ceasefire with Hamas broke down
• Netanyahu says they are working on Trump's "vision" for Gaza, after Trump again suggests taking "the Palestinians and move them around to different countries". The US president calls Gaza an "important piece of real estate"
• On tariffs, Trump says he has no plans to pause the measures - find the latest updates on our tariffs live page

We're now ending our live coverage of Netanyahu's visit. But you can stay up to date on the US talks with Iran here.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has now left the White House after his meeting with US President Donald Trump.

He smiled, waved and shook hands with Trump before leaving.

Anthony Zurcher
Reporting from the White House

Protesters could be heard outside the White House gates as Netanyahu arrived earlier today.

They held Palestinian flags and chanted slogans denouncing the war in Gaza.

Inside, US Marines lined the driveway leading to the White House portico.

Netanyahu and Trump just finished taking questions in the Oval Office from reporters. Here's what happened:

• Trump announced that the US will have direct talks with Tehran this Saturday over Iran's nuclear ambitions.
• The US president told reporters a deal with Iran "would be really great" and said the meeting between the two countries would happen at "almost the highest level".
• Netanyahu told reporters the US and Israel are working on another deal to release the hostages and described Trump as a "good partner" in the attempts to free the hostages.
• Despite the conversation's focus on happenings in the Middle East, Trump couldn't avoid tariffs and told reporters many countries want to negotiate deals with the US. He cited Japan as an example, but he also emphasised China will see an additional 50% tariff if it doesn't rescind reciprocal tariffs.

Stick with us and we'll bring you the latest.

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Trump is asked about Turkey's claims that it will stabilise the situation in Syria.

He says that he has a great relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and that he doesn't think it will be a problem.

He says that he can "work out" any problem that Israel has with Turkey gaining more control in Syria.

He adds that he had congratulated Erdogan for "taking over Syria", adding that "he did something that nobody was able to do".

The meeting has now finished, but stick with us. We'll bring you more updates shortly.

Trump is asked if he would use military action to remove any nuclear threat in Iran and he says Iran "can't have a nuclear weapon".

He adds if the talks with Iran don't go well, Iran will be in trouble.

Trump is asked about a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and why the US has not announced tariffs on Russian goods.

He doesn't directly answer the question, but says that the reason the US is not implementing tariffs in Russia is because "we're not doing business with Russia".

He adds that he is "not happy" with Russia or "all the bombing that's been going on for the last week or so".

Trump calls Gaza an "incredible piece of important real estate", and says that a United States peace force "controlling and owning" the Gaza Strip would a good thing.

He again suggests taking "the Palestinians and move them around to different countries" - which would add to a painful history of forced displacement.

In their place, Trump says he would create "a freedom zone" in Gaza.

At the moment, the Gaza Strip is "a great location that nobody wants to live in", he says.

"They took oceanfront property and they gave it to people for peace," Trump says, referring to Gaza and Israel. "How did that work out? Not good."

He says Netanyahu would not have given that land to Palestinians.

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Netanyahu says it will take years to rebuild Gaza following years of war.

He adds that Trump has a vision for Gaza and the pair are working on it.

Trump is asked if he would reduce Israel's 17% tariff and evades the question.

"We give Israel billions of dollars a year," Trump says, not directly answering the question.

"We take care of our friends."

Trump says he is "trying very hard to get the hostages out" of Gaza.

He says that the US is "looking at another ceasefire, we'll see what happens".

Trump adds Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is "working very, very hard" on freeing the hostages, and is doing a great job.

"I have a good partner," interjects Netanyahu.

Trump has spoken about a handful of different of topics during this Oval Office appearance, and is now speaking about the European Union.

He says the EU has to buy energy from the US and claims the US has more energy than anyone.

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"We're dealing with the Iranians," Trump says, again mentioning the "big meeting" on Saturday.

"Maybe a deal's going to be made, that would be really great."

They are meeting at "almost the highest level", he adds, telling reporters that a deal "would be really great for Iran".

Trump moves on to discuss US attacks on the Houthis, he says "we've really damaged them".

The president says that "we've put a major hurt on" on the Iranian backed armed group in Yemen.

He adds that they "they don't know what to do" and claims the US has killed "many of their leaders and their experts", including missile-production specialists.

Trump then hands over to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who says the attacks on Houthis will continue until they agree to stop firing on US ships in the Red Sea.

He says they have also told Iran to not support the Houthis.

Trump has now turned to talking about tariffs.

He says China will see an additional 50% tariff if the country does not rescind their reciprocal tariffs.

He's reiterating a point he made on his social media platform, Truth Social earlier today.

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More from Trump now.

He says they have "many, many countries that are coming to negotiate deals with us" about the newly announced tariffs.

He cites Japan as an example, as he spoke to its prime minister today.

Trump is speaking again, addressing the subject of Iran's nuclear ambitons.

He says they are having direct talks with Tehran over the issue, adding that they will have a "very big meeting" on Saturday.

Trump says "doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious" - without spelling out what exactly that means.

But he does say that this "obviously" is not what he and Israel want to "be involved with" if it can be avoided. Trump notes that the situation is getting into "very dangerous territory".

He adds that it would be in Iran's best interest for the talks to be successful.

Netanyahu says the pair spoke about Syria during their discussions.

He says they don't want Turkey or any other country to use Syria as a base to attack Israel.

The Israeli prime minister added that the US is a friend of Turkey.

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Netanyahu tells reporters that the pair spoke about Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

They want to "get them all out", he says.

They are working on another deal to release the hostages, he adds, that they "hope will succeed".