Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a July 22 regular briefing that the missile test was routine military training by the Chinese armed forces and was not directed at any specific country or target. He said China had notified countries including Australia in advance and that the action complied with international law and international practice.

Suren Thiru of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales said June’s slowdown in U.K. inflation is likely temporary as Ofgem’s planned energy price-cap rise will probably reverse the improvement and could push headline inflation above 3%. He said weak growth may limit second-round effects but escalating tensions with Iran make 4% possible; today’s data have ended prospects of a Bank of England rate rise in June, and high inflation could deepen the cost-of-living crisis and become a bigger political and economic problem.

China's cumulative installed power generation capacity through June was 4,042.52 GW, up from 4,007.45 GW previously.