Burnham, a potential successor to the UK prime minister, said it is time to build a broad coalition to revive Britain.

Samsung vice chairman Lee Jae‑yong said the company is in a "race against time" and has sped up plans to build semiconductor fabs in the Seoul metropolitan area. Gwangju (southwest South Korea) will be developed as a new memory manufacturing base; Cheonan and Onyang will be designated high‑bandwidth memory (HBM) packaging centers. Samsung also plans to deploy humanoid robots at its Gumi (North Gyeongsang) fab and increase related investment.

Taiwan Weighted Index (TAIEX) rose more than 2%.