Even partial Houthi disruption of Bab el-Mandeb has already had material market impact. Since late-2023 Houthi attacks in the southern Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb—framed as support for Palestinians in Gaza—prompted major shipping and oil companies to bypass the Suez Canal and reroute around Africa. If Houthis further choke the strait, Iran could secure a strategic advantage versus the US in any wider conflict; Kpler shows June volumes transiting Bab el-Mandeb accounted for roughly 7% of global oil

The EU Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a bulletin on the 10th that August 2026 was the warmest month since records began in 1940. Global average surface temperature in August was about 16.96°C, marginally above the previous record of ~16.95°C set in July 2023. The month was 0.85°C above the 1991–2020 average and 1.65°C above the 1850–1900 pre‑industrial baseline — the first single‑month anomaly above +1.5°C since November 2025.

惠誉：哥伦比亚需采取强有力的额外措施以稳定债务。