The International Energy Agency encourages all members to assess whether additional diesel releases are necessary.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Dar said he had instructed the embassy in Riyadh to coordinate with relevant authorities to assist injured Pakistani nationals.

The UK has set up a special flood taskforce and will meet this week to assess preparedness for a potentially wetter, windier and stormier winter following a record-hot summer. The Met Office says the likelihood of such conditions has "significantly increased" and links a higher chance of above-average autumn rainfall to El Nifio, which it warns may be the strongest in memory and is expected to peak around year-end. The Environment Agency says roughly 6.3 million households and businesses in England remain at flood risk.