美國財長貝森特：感謝歐盟對針對伊朗行動的強力支持。

Bank of China A-shares and H-shares both hit record highs; A-shares rose about 3%, H-shares gained over 4%. In interim results the bank reported net profit attributable to shareholders after tax of RMB 123.6 bln, up 5.1% YoY.

Extreme weather forced five of six Mediterranean desalination plants to halt operations on Aug. 31 due to turbid seawater, the Israel Water Authority and local media said. The outages disrupted water supply nationwide; the authority ordered reduced freshwater deliveries to southern agriculture and suspended agricultural water in parts of the south. Jerusalem reported multiple neighborhood outages; authorities arranged alternative deliveries and public water points. Tel Aviv restricted park irrigation, beach showers and public tap usage.