阿联酋外交部表示，此决定是在地区局势升级的背景下作出的，局势升级“破坏了地区和国际的和平与安全”。

市场消息：美国驻韩部队指挥官布伦森访问韩国国防部，讨论缩减“联合火力演习”事宜。

UK employers increased layoffs in July as domestic and external uncertainty kept hiring muted. ONS data showed employees fell by 13,000 in July and vacancies continued to decline. The unemployment rate remained at 4.9% in the three months to June, but the ONS warned data quality has deteriorated due to collection errors. Private-sector regular pay excluding bonuses slowed to 2.8% YoY in the three months to June from 2.9%, the weakest pace in about six years. Firms cited heightened uncertainty from the Iran war and incoming PM Burnham’s first budget later this year; jobs have fallen over the past two years amid a weak economy and Labour government increases in payroll taxes and the minimum wage.