The Kremlin said U.S. investigations previously confirmed there was no Russian interference in U.S. elections.

Deutsche Bank analyst Sanjay Raja says Prime Minister Starmer will hand a markedly improved UK economy to successor Burnham. Official data show UK GDP rose 0.1% m/m in May and expanded 0.7% in the three months to May. Raja says, based on Q2 performance, the UK is likely to remain among G7 growth leaders or at least at the top. He warns the ongoing energy shock from the Iran war and wider geopolitical uncertainty could slow growth momentum.

Northern Rare Earth has commissioned a mass-production demonstration line for rare-earth magnetostrictive materials, marking what the company describes as a key breakthrough in scaling manufacture of high-end magnetostrictive products. The firm says the capability will accelerate the rare-earth industry’s shift from raw-material supply into high-end applications including aerospace, deep-sea exploration and precision braking.