The UK foreign secretary said the government will ban imports of goods originating from illegal settlements in the Occupied West Bank, establish a new comprehensive sanctions regime with appropriate religious exemptions, and impose sanctions on specific companies and individuals providing construction, infrastructure, financing or real estate services that facilitate settlement expansion.

CITIC Securities reports Senate races remain tight while House contests are leaning more against Republicans, where a small number of seat flips could change control. A mid‑June ceasefire and falling oil briefly eased public pressure, but a late‑June breakdown of a U.S.‑Iran preliminary agreement coincided with Trump hitting a historic low in August. If Republicans lose the midterms, CITIC says Washington political stalemate would likely deepen, raising resistance to the Trump administration’s policy agenda and increasing the risk of a government shutdown and a debt‑ceiling confrontation.

韓國KOSPI指數日內漲幅達2.00%。