LME inventories fell: lead down 1,950 tonnes, tin down 60 tonnes, nickel down 564 tonnes, zinc down 150 tonnes, copper down 3,975 tonnes, aluminium down 1,500 tonnes.

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 796 and is spreading faster than previous outbreaks. He warned some transmission chains remain undiscovered and about two-thirds of cases are occurring in areas without specialized treatment facilities. WHO has trained more than 21,000 community health workers to support the response, and vaccine research and deployment have made positive progress.

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis proposed creating an independent international body to test and review frontier AI models before public release and will meet US officials in Washington next week to discuss the plan. Hassabis cited advanced cyber-attack capabilities demonstrated by ANTHROPIC's MYTHOS as evidence of the need for stronger AI safety oversight. The proposal would place reviews in the hands of independent experts, be funded by major AI firms, allow up to 30 days of testing per model, and include provisions to coordinate industry slowdowns of frontier model development if necessary. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk have publicly expressed support.