The Pentagon's Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment, Duffy, urged Congress to quickly approve the Trump administration's FY2027 $1.5 tln defense budget to replenish critical weapons and ammunition stockpiles. He said the department has signed procurement contracts with defense firms and is awaiting funding to meet warfighter requirements. The Pentagon will work with Congress in the coming months to secure full appropriations for all defense programs.

Sweden holds its quadrennial parliamentary election on Sept 13. Polling stations are open 08:00–20:00 local time; the Election Authority expects preliminary counts from about 21:00 and a first provisional seat allocation may be available early on Sept 14. The 349-seat Riksdag contest pits incumbent Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right-wing bloc against former Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson’s center-left bloc. Latest polls show Andersson’s bloc still overall ahead but the margin narrowed on the eve of the vote.

Indonesia central bank governor Destry Damayanti said on the 12th at the BRICS summit in New Delhi that BRICS should develop cross‑border payment systems in local currencies to shield their economies from geopolitical risk, while taking into account member countries’ development levels and national priorities. She said Indonesia sees a strategic opportunity to turn shared challenges into collective resilience through pragmatic cooperation, including local‑currency settlement. In a meeting with Reserve Bank of India governor Sanjeev Malhotra they discussed expanding local‑currency settlement mechanisms, establishing bilateral currency swap arrangements and linking cross‑border QR‑code payments; Malhotra said those steps would help convert BRICS agreements into practical financial and economic cooperation.