Hello. The UK looks set to be the first country to reach a deal over tariffs with the US - we'll bring you the latest updates ahead of planned announcements later today. In Syria, we report on work to identify the remains of some of the hundreds of thousands killed by the Assad regime. And finally, three women share their memories and pictures of the end of World War II in Europe as the 80th anniversary is marked.

TOP OF THE AGENDA

US and UK to announce deal to reduce tariffs

Back in February, UK PM Starmer travelled to the White House for talks with Trump. Credit: Reuters

The UK and US are set to announce a deal to reduce trade tariffs. It's not yet known what will be covered but it's thought there could be lower tariffs on cars, and a cut in the digital sales tax on US firms. As our deputy economics editor Dharshini David notes, for all the fanfare, this will not be a traditional free trade deal. However, it is the first to be done since President Donald Trump unveiled a raft of import taxes on countries across the world. Earlier this week the US and China announced the start of talks to try to de-escalate a trade war between the two.

• Current tariffs: These are the import taxes Trump has put in place, and his reasons why. 

• Trump's retreat? Economics editor Faisal Islam reports on the signs that the US may be offering olive branches.

• Watch: Who will blink first in this weekend's trade talks between Washington and Beijing? 

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The medics identifying remains from Syria's mass graves

As well as the hundreds of thousands who were killed, by one estimate, more than 130,000 people were forcibly disappeared under the former Syrian regime. Credit: BBC

Six months on from the ousting of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, work is underway to identify the remains of some of the hundreds of thousands killed during his regime and that of his father. Malak Aoude's teenage sons were two of those who were disappeared. As the painstaking work goes on to identify the victims of mass graves, she still doesn't know where their bodies lie.