The Washington Post reports US European Command commander Alexus Grynkewich privately warned the Pentagon this week that he lacks sufficient naval force to continue protecting Israel from ballistic-missile attacks, saying that without another destroyer he would be forced to choose between defending the US homeland and defending Israel. Grynkewich framed the shortfall as evidence of resource pressure from the ongoing Iran-related conflict. A US defense official said the warning is consistent with

BYD delivered over 419,000 vehicles in July, a record; overseas deliveries were roughly 180,000. Li Auto delivered 30,468 new vehicles in July; cumulative deliveries Jan–Jul reached 1,764,155. Xiaomi Auto continued above 30,000 monthly deliveries in July. Leapmotor delivered 101,267 vehicles in July, up 102% YoY, marking its first month above 100,000. XPeng delivered 38,027 vehicles in July, up 4% YoY; global cumulative deliveries exceeded 1.2 million as of July 31. NIO delivered 35,934 vehicles in July, up 71% YoY; Jan–Jul deliveries totaled 227,057, up 68% and a record. SAIC-GM-Wuling reported July global sales of 120,050 vehicles and July NEV sales of 72,695. ZEEKR delivered 35,837 vehicles in July, up 111% YoY and a new high. Voyah (LanTu) delivered 13,189 vehicles in July; Jan–Jul cumulative deliveries were 89,453, up 31% YoY. Hongmeng Zhixing delivered 45,046 vehicles in July; Jan–Jul cumulative deliveries were 286,000, up 13.7% YoY. ARCFOX delivered 23,517 vehicles in July, up 150.5% YoY; Jan–Jul cumulative deliveries surpassed 100,000. Geely reported July sales of 250,161 vehicles, a period high, with NEV exports up 616% YoY. Chery Group sold 276,820 vehicles in July, up 23.3% YoY, including 129,067 NEVs, up 97.5% YoY. Shenlan Auto recorded July global sales of 29,213 vehicles, up 7.5% YoY; Jan–Jul cumulative sales were 193,369, up 13.5% YoY.

The Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee said on the evening of Aug. 1 local time a homemade explosive device detonated at a restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square in central Moscow. An unidentified woman tried to bring the device into the restaurant and was stopped by security; the blast killed the woman, a security guard and another patron, and injured 21 people.