FAO assistant director-general and Europe and Central Asia regional representative Gu Chu said in Dushanbe that more than 100 million people in Europe and Central Asia have experienced moderate or severe food shortages in recent years. Around 90 million hectares in the region are degraded, weakening agricultural capacity and threatening long-term sustainability. FAO says roughly $21.4 billion has been invested in the region’s food and agricultural systems since 2015 but remains insufficient; the

CNN, citing five sources familiar with US intelligence, reports that in recent weeks Iran has sharply hardened storage of its near‑weapons‑grade highly enriched uranium (HEU), deliberately collapsing tunnels and planting explosive mines at entrances, making physical access more difficult, dangerous and time‑consuming than about a month ago. About a month earlier then‑President Trump had publicly suggested he might order US forces to seize the material; Iran’s measures complicate any removal‑and‑destroy agreement and raise who would assume the hazardous excavation. Even Iranian personnel would face a hazardous retrieval requiring heavy excavation equipment and demining.

A MOFCOM spokesperson said the U.S. Department of Defense’s move to place certain Chinese firms on a "Chinese military companies" list ignores leaders’ consensus from the Beijing meeting, overextends national-security grounds and abuses state power to pressure Chinese firms. The ministry said the action undermines international trade order, risks global supply-chain stability and harms Chinese firms’ lawful rights, urged the U.S. to immediately revoke the measures and restore constructive, stable bilateral ties and fair, non‑discriminatory treatment for Chinese companies, and warned that if the measures remain China will take resolute countermeasures and hold the U.S. fully responsible for the consequences.