Al Jazeera reports explosions again in Kyiv; Ukrainian authorities say they are responding to enemy targets.

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Himino said foreign exchange is an important factor for Japan's economy and prices and called for careful review of the effects of yen depreciation. He said exchange-rate pass-through to prices is more pronounced than in the past.

Abbas Aslani, senior researcher at the Tehran Center for Middle East Strategic Studies, said the US publicly insists on an economic-suffocation strategy and denies negotiating while privately sending informal messages to Tehran via regional intermediaries. He said Washington appears intent on crediting any small negotiation progress to its pressure. Aslani added Trump needs not only an exit route but also to package the outcome as a domestic political victory, and that Trump’s erratic negotiating style makes the timing of an end to the war unclear — developments in the coming days or weeks remain uncertain because the US president is neither stable nor predictable.