Czech foreign minister says Prague is negotiating to acquire an Israeli air-defence system.

CUSTOMS data cited at a State Council Information Office briefing on China’s foreign trade showed 1H exports of lithium batteries and wind-turbine generator sets rose 37.6% and 35.6% year-on-year. The briefing said global green transition and rising demand are a strong match for Chinese green products; exports of electric vehicles, electric railway locomotives and electric motorcycles/bicycles increased 68.7%, 45.1% and 31.5% respectively.

CENTCOM said it completed a new round of strikes on Iran at 10:15 p.m. ET on July 13 after a five-hour operation, hitting multiple military targets inside Iran — Bushehr, Chabahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa island and Bandar Abbas — aimed at degrading Iran’s ability to attack merchant shipping. CENTCOM said forces used precision-guided munitions to strike coastal defenses, missile and drone sites and maritime warfighting capabilities. More than 50,000 U.S. service members are deployed in the Middle East.