Apollo is considering raising a $9bln loan from SoftBank to invest in OpenAI.

Turkey's interior ministry said on the 16th that Iran supports Turkish actions to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its branches. Momeni called for Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria to cooperate to push the PKK and its branches to lay down arms and achieve a fundamental resolution to the Kurdish issue. The statement said the two countries also discussed strengthening border security cooperation and joint action against organized crime, drug trafficking and illegal migration.

European Commission proposes banning social-media use by children under 13 and seeks an EU-wide minimum age of 15 for opening personal accounts.