歐盟外交與安全政策高級代表卡拉斯：俄羅斯並不真正關心和平。

Israel carried out an airstrike on a town in southern Lebanon, killing at least nine.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to prioritise personnel continuity in a planned September cabinet reshuffle, with finance minister Satsuki Katayama, defence minister Shinjiro Koizumi and foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi reported likely to stay. The reshuffle falls roughly halfway between her October appointment and the end of her LDP presidency in September 2027. Markets will focus on whether Takaichi offers cabinet posts to senior members of the Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin), which supplied crucial votes for her October rise, and on how she positions ahead of next year’s LDP presidential contest. Nippon Ishin co-leader Hirofumi Yoshimura said in late August the party would cooperate if formally invited to join the cabinet but did not specify desired posts.