Greek media reported Athens deployed an air-defence system to Crete after Iran threatened US military bases in Europe.

On the 23rd a fast-moving wildfire approached Reno, Nevada, near the California border. Local fire authorities said the blaze has injured six people, forced about 42,000 residents to evacuate and placed a further 45,000 under evacuation warnings.

On the 23rd Iran’s oil minister Paknezhad said a gas field in southern Fars province contains proven reserves exceeding 7.5 trillion cubic feet (TCF); with an indicated recovery rate above 72% this implies roughly 5.7 TCF recoverable. He said the gas is sweet, lowering development and extraction costs, and that the discovery includes substantial condensate volumes that could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars to the state.