市場消息：初步報告顯示，以色列北部拉米姆山脊地區發生了一起事件。有關部門正在調查是否是由於爆炸或墜落造成的。大約有12人傷亡。

Baghaei, Iran foreign ministry spokesman, said Tehran is still reviewing the US position and will respond via intermediaries after the review.

New Zealand's governing National Party said high debt and budget deficits make now the wrong time for tax cuts. Finance spokeswoman Nicola Willis said the immediate priority is reducing debt and investing in frontline services, especially health and infrastructure. The party's policy paper says tax cuts will be considered only once finances return to surplus and surpluses are increasing; the current focus is achieving a fiscal surplus and lowering debt.