At 14:42 on Oct 9 Qionghai meteorological observatory upgraded the rainstorm warning from orange to red. Affected by an easterly jet, Huishan town recorded 191.4 mm in the past 12 hours; Shibi, Zhongyuan, Boao, Yangjiang, Longjiang and Huishan towns are forecast to receive a further 60–120 mm over the next six hours. Wanning municipal water bureau said Wanning has activated a red rainstorm warning and Wanning Reservoir will increase discharge to 600–800 m3/s from 16:30 on Oct 9, with further adj

China's Central Committee and State Council issued Opinions on Developing New-Quality Productive Forces, urging accelerated breakthroughs in key core technologies. The document directs leveraging the new whole-of-nation system to organize high-quality development actions for priority manufacturing industry chains and industrial innovation projects, strengthen end-to-end problem solving, provide full-factor support and ecosystem building, and implement first-of-a-kind unit and initial-batch application policies to speed technology iteration and upgrades.

Foreign media, citing local residents, report Eritrean soldiers have crossed into northern Ethiopia and advanced toward areas where Ethiopian government forces are clashing with local fighters. Fighting between Addis Ababa and forces linked to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) began two weeks ago; both sides accuse the other of violating a 2022 peace agreement. Ethiopia alleges Eritrea is backing the TPLF; Eritrea denies this. Eritrea was a key ally of Ethiopia in the 2020–22 war against the TPLF, but relations deteriorated after reports the Ethiopian prime minister sought control of an Eritrean Red Sea port. The two countries severed diplomatic ties last week. The escalation could add fresh geopolitical and shipping risk in the Red Sea.