Iran's foreign minister said Italy disagrees with the NATO secretary-general's comments about U.S. use of military bases.

Guangdong provincial science and technology committee office issued a 2026–2030 Brain–Computer Interface (BCI) Technology and Industry Coordination Action Plan. Near-term (by 2027) targets include breakthroughs in key BCI technologies, multi-dimensional mapping and modulation mechanisms for more than five major brain diseases, development of BCI systems for disease screening, intervention and rehabilitation, and R&D of core components, instruments, systems and platforms. The plan seeks to cultivate more than 10 backbone industrial firms and form initial industry clusters in Guangzhou and Shenzhen to support scale. By 2030 the province aims to add 100 BCI technology firms, foster several unicorns with core competitiveness, launch more than 10 non‑invasive BCI mass‑market products, and advance multiple invasive BCI products into clinical translation with medical device registration. The plan also targets building 200 BCI hospital wards serving a cumulative 500,000+ patients. It sets industry‑scale goals of a core BCI sector in the tens of billions of yuan and upstream/downstream spillovers into the hundreds of billions of yuan.

UBS expects Brent crude to remain at $85/bbl at end-September and end-December.