A Kremlin spokesman said President Putin has not accepted President Zelenskiy's proposal for direct talks at the U.S. G20 summit and that any meeting between Putin and Zelenskiy could only take place in Moscow.

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.

Al Jazeera, citing Yemen’s Al-Masirah TV, quoted a source at the Houthi-controlled transport ministry saying 73 vessels transited the Bab el‑Mandeb on Sept. 10-11 — 36 on Sept. 10 and 37 on Sept. 11. The source said a ban on Saudi vessels did not impede international shipping and that 48‑hour transit volume equaled 98.6% of the pre‑ban average, arguing the data disproves claims that merchant shipping faces heightened risk after Houthi control of Yemen’s Red Sea coast.