US President Trump will deliver remarks at 2:00pm (02:00 Beijing time next day) on a steel project in Iowa.

TASS on 28 cited Russia’s Emergencies Ministry saying a fire at a licensed fireworks and firecrackers plant in Yaroslavl region killed 13 and injured one. The injured has been hospitalised and the blaze is under control. Russian authorities have opened an investigation.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and six other ministries released the 15th Five-Year Plan for new battery industry development, defining 19 priority tasks across five areas: accelerate full‑chain innovation, drive industrial upgrading,完善产业体系建设, enhance industry science-and-technology service capacity, and raise the quality and level of trade and investment cooperation. Targets through 2030 include steady industry scale growth; strengthened full‑chain innovation with breakthroughs in advanced materials and major progress in next‑generation battery system R&D; leading firms achieving product defect rates at parts‑per‑billion (PPB) levels; accelerated construction of a full‑scenario application ecosystem and faster integration of battery technology with clean energy and end‑use sectors; and deeper international trade and investment integration to support global low‑carbon development.