Saudi crown prince met CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper and his delegation in Jeddah to discuss Saudi-US bilateral ties and recent regional developments. Saudi state minister, cabinet member and national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban attended.

Oil spike from renewed Middle East hostilities has revived internal debate at the Bank of England over whether to raise rates before year-end. The MPC meets later this week to review Bank Rate and the pace of balance‑sheet reduction. A bond-market selloff is adding pressure to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government ahead of the Oct. 28 budget. Market pricing shows under a one‑third chance of a rate hike at Thursday’s September policy meeting, but higher energy-driven inflation and relatively firm UK GDP are likely to sharpen discussion over how long Bank Rate can remain at 3.75%. Deutsche Bank economist Sanjay Raja: “The Bank’s patience may be running out; the case for inaction is slowly eroding.”

據伊朗媒體Fars News報道，伊朗政府發言人昨日與能源部長一同出席活動時宣佈：“我們在齊心協力下度過了這個夏季。”然而，該媒體獲得的文件顯示，就在上述活動舉行的當天，伊朗大範圍居民用電停電的情況仍然存在。伊朗能源部長阿巴斯·阿里阿巴迪過去一個月內已4次承諾結束停電，但居民用電仍持續中斷，工業企業則表示停電情況正在加劇。昨日停電規模爲過去一個月平均停電水平的2.5倍。