Saudi Civil Defense said the national emergency alert platform in Taif province has issued an alert.

French 10-year bond yield rose 10 bps intraday to 4.545%.

Two sources say Putin’s chief economic envoy and leaders of Alternative for Germany (AfD) are preparing talks as early as March next year to discuss resuming Russian gas supplies to Germany. Expected participants include the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and close Putin adviser Dmitriev, and AfD co-chairs Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla. Organizers say the meeting would take place only if Russia and Ukraine first reach a peace framework agreement and hope it could open contacts between the AfD, Russia and the United States; possible venues include Israel, the UAE or India. The initiative underlines close Moscow–AfD ties; AfD is currently the most popular party in German polls. Before Western sanctions in 2022, Russia supplied over half of Germany’s gas imports.