Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said Iran, as a friend of Lebanon, will not rule out any measures to help protect Lebanon's sovereignty, security and dignity.

June 8 — Chongqing municipal industry commission said Changan Auto’s fully in-house multimodal Tianshu large model has passed a national generative AI service filing with the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), making Changan the first automaker in Chongqing and one of few nationally to obtain the qualification. The model, adapted for in-vehicle scenarios, has completed internal testing and received compliance clearance for public commercial use. The filing marks a shift from R&D to scalable commercial deployment for domestic automaker–developed in-car AI and removes a policy barrier to wider roll-out of intelligent-vehicle interaction and autonomous-driving services.

Japan Q1 final real GDP QoQ 0.5% vs 0.3% expected; prior 0.5%.