据伊朗PressTV：伊朗革命卫队官员称，伊朗的首要重点是威慑，战争或谈判是其次。

Italy will extend its suspension of Schengen free-movement arrangements with Spain for 15 days beyond the original Aug. 31 expiry.

Politico's Jonathan Martin says Senate control still turns on the Midwest. If Democrats flip Ohio and Iowa while holding Michigan they would likely net four seats and reclaim the Senate in Trump’s final two years. Republicans warn an agricultural backlash—tariffs, high diesel and fertilizer costs and cheaper imported beef—has created acute vulnerability in farm states that could spread beyond the Plains. Iowa is the likeliest flip; Kansas (no Democratic senator since 1932) could be competitive; Nebraska and Kansas incumbents face the toughest fights and southern Republicans show unusually weak polling. Democrats’ path now looks like holding Michigan, winning North Carolina, Ohio and Iowa, plus one of Maine, Alaska or Texas; in a worse scenario Nebraska, Kansas or Mississippi could also turn. Republicans cite high living costs, Trump’s weak standing with centrists and a Democratic enthusiasm gap; they say last month’s gasoline spike after the Iran ceasefire breakdown has hardened voter sentiment and, absent a major shift, the outcome could echo the 2006 Democratic takeover.