Sources said on Thursday that German Chancellor MERZ may announce a cabinet reshuffle on Friday.

At the China Auto Forum in Shanghai (July 21–23), China and the EU signed agreements on July 22 to establish an automotive trusted data space ecosystem and interoperability technology cooperation. The accords target joint governance mechanisms, standards, digital infrastructure and application scenarios to deepen cross-border automotive data collaboration, marking a shift from strategic consensus to practical ecosystem coordination, interoperability and scenario deployment.

CENTCOM said the US carried out a nighttime strike on Iranian military targets at 6:45 p.m. ET, the 13th consecutive night of such strikes, aimed at holding Iran accountable and degrading the threat to commercial shipping posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).