The White House said President Trump will meet Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in Washington on July 28.

US technology firms published an open letter saying open-weight AI models are essential to a healthy AI ecosystem, warning that reliance on closed models alone is unsafe and framing a policy choice for the US on whether to permit or promote open-weight models in AI development.

European equities closed higher on July 24. Germany's DAX rose 396.05 points (1.60%) to 25,105.38; the UK's FTSE 100 gained 100.23 points (0.94%) to 10,739.40; France's CAC 40 added 73.19 points (0.88%) to 8,372.28; the Euro STOXX 50 climbed 71.98 points (1.16%) to 6,282.15; Spain's IBEX 35 jumped 322.83 points (1.68%) to 19,589.83; Italy's FTSE MIB advanced 495.16 points (0.96%) to 51,811.00.