UK three-month ILO employment change, June: +83k vs +129k expected; prior +147k.

Yemen's military said it used artillery in southwest Taiz province to strike one Houthi tank, one military vehicle and six patrol positions.

A wildfire in eastern Belgium remained uncontained as of the 16th and was spreading toward the German border, forcing evacuation of some German residents. Belgian local government data cited by Refinitiv said the fire, which began in a nature reserve on the 14th, had burned 3,000 hectares by the 16th. The European Forest Fire Information System said it is the largest wildfire on record in Belgium.