Germany's economy minister plans to use market incentives to encourage traders to hold more available natural gas for this winter and avoid direct government procurement, a government source told Refinitiv.

Senior Trump administration officials met with Anthropic's Washington-based executives on Tuesday to discuss AI safety risks, sources said. Anthropic chief compute officer Tom Brown joined by video to speak with Pentagon CTO Emil Michael and Commerce Secretary Lutnick. The meeting follows a 3,800-word essay by Anthropic CEO Dario urging government regulation and a slowdown in development of advanced AI systems so researchers can better assess potential threats. Sources said Michael, who led Pentagon efforts to accelerate AI in the military, has publicly rejected former Anthropic researcher Coxson's claim that AI could kill all humanity; Lutnick is reportedly keen to rebut negative messaging ahead of the November midterm elections. Anthropic declined to comment and the White House did not respond.

EQUINOR expects production at the Bacalhau field in Brazil to peak at 220,000 b/d this year.