July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his trade war with Canada a day ahead of his August 1 deadline for a tariff agreement, saying it would be "very hard" to make a deal with Canada after it gave its support to Palestinian statehood.

Just hours earlier, the U.S. Senate rejected two resolutions introduced by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to block arms sales to Israel. While the measures failed, more than half of Senate Democrats supported them, signaling a growing shift in Washington’s stance toward the war in Gaza.

France and Germany have warned about the economic fallout from the 15 percent tariffs European goods face in the U.S.