French Prime Minister Le Cornu said police will be deployed en masse across France for demonstrations next Saturday.

IEA executive director Fatih Birol said Tuesday the timetable for releasing the 20+ mln barrels of diesel from emergency stocks depends on individual member countries and winter market conditions. The IEA last week moved to accelerate delivery of record emergency releases committed in March, including more than 20 mln barrels of diesel, to boost supply and ease surging prices. Birol said the agency would consider further releases from members' strategic reserves if necessary and is ready to act should multiple Middle East crises intensify and members agree to trigger additional releases.

According to Axios, a U.S. official said that after talks in Oslo, Witkoff plans to travel to Russia seeking a meeting with President Putin to present a plan developed in close consultation with Ukraine and European partners.