The EU agreed earlier this year to provide Ukraine a loan package exceeding $100bn. President Zelensky told allies last month Ukraine faces an unexpected $27bn defence budget shortfall and has asked Europe to advance portions of loans planned for next year to cover the gap. European officials say they were surprised and are cautious; several diplomats privately question whether funds were used effectively or needs have been overstated and are working to determine the shortfall’s source, size and

Meta Platforms (META.O) launched Muse, a personal AI agent for tasks such as scheduling, form‑filling and home camera monitoring. Muse is powered by Meta’s Muse Spark base models and is offered as a free tier plus $20/month and $100/month subscription plans. Meta AI head Alexander Wang said Muse runs in an isolated environment on Meta’s compute infrastructure, will not read actual passwords or payment data, and will request confirmation before performing sensitive actions; users may opt in to allow Meta to use interaction data for model training after removal of key personal identifiers. Meta said it is exploring commerce and in‑agent transaction monetization as it faces AI safety and privacy scrutiny and pressure on AI returns; CEO Mark Zuckerberg has framed personal AI agents as a future product and revenue priority.

一些伊朗领导人认为，现在是采取行动的好时机，因为无论如何，特朗普都可能在中期选举结束后重新发动战争。多名分析人士表示，如果意外赢得选举，特朗普会认为自己的政策得到了支持；反之，他可能认为自己已经没有什么可失去的了，从而继续推行自己的战略。 不过，法兰克福大学日内瓦高等国际与发展研究院伊朗问题分析师法尔赞·萨贝特预计，全球经济状况不断恶化最终将迫使特朗普政府缓和紧张局势。 他说，尽管美国海军通过霍尔木兹海峡的护航行动使部分石油得以运输，但全球原油库存的补充速度仍然不够快，天然气以及其他重要石油衍生品也无法顺利运输。这些供应短缺可能进一步冲击全球经济。 “到那时，我认为双方最终会摸索着走向某种有限协议，或者形成一种事实上的协议。”他说，“不过不要把它理解为‘在《谅解备忘录》基础上进一步扩大’，而应该理解为‘缩水版的《谅解备忘录》’。”