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An armed man has been shot dead after entering the secure perimeter of US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, the Secret Service has said, BBC reported. 

The man was carrying a shotgun and fuel can when he was stopped and shot by Secret Service agents and a Sheriff's deputy, authorities said.

The incident happened around 01:30 ET (06:30 GMT) on Sunday morning, when the president was in Washington DC, according to BBC. 

Donald Trump announced new global tariffs of 15 percent on goods entering the US. The move comes after the Supreme Court of the US struck down his earlier import taxes, according to AP. Trump said he would replace the blocked tariffs with a 10 percent levy, but later raised it to 15 percent under a rarely used trade law.

AP reported, the new measure will be imposed under Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act. It allows tariffs to remain in place for about five months without congressional approval. The 10 percent rate was set to take effect on February 24, but it is unclear if the 15 percent tariff will start on the same date. The White House has not confirmed the timeline.

In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court said Trump overstepped his powers by using the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose sweeping tariffs last year. The US has already collected at least $130bn in tariffs under that law. Trump criticised the court’s decision and called it anti-American.

The new tariffs will apply to most imported goods, though some products like critical minerals and pharmaceuticals will be exempt. AP wrote, separate tariffs on steel, aluminium and automobiles remain in place. Business groups have warned the move could hurt trade and slow global growth, while others say it will protect American manufacturing.

Iran and the United States are sliding rapidly towards military conflict as hopes fade for a diplomatic solution to their standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, officials on both sides and diplomats across the Gulf and Europe say, BBC reported. 

Iran’s Gulf neighbours and its enemy Israel now consider a conflict to be more likely than a settlement, these sources say, with Washington building up one of its biggest military deployments in the region since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Israel's government believes Tehran and Washington are at an impasse and is making preparations for possible joint military action with the United States, though no decision has been made yet on whether to carry out such an operation, said a source familiar with the planning, according to BBC. 

Nasa has said that its 6 March launch day for its long-awaited lunar mission is now "out of consideration", after it spotted several last minute issues during routine checks that would prevent lift off, BBC reported. 

On Friday, the space agency said that its Artemis II mission, which would see astronauts sent to the moon for the first time in 50 years, would likely have the green light to launch within a matter of weeks. 

But NASA administrator Jared Isaacman announced on Saturday that setbacks would mean that further maintenance would have to be carried out, according to BBC.