Oct. 22 — At a routine press briefing, CHINA was asked about the Philippines' reported moves to deepen cooperation with Taiwan on undersea cable protection and to address so‑called grey‑zone activity, noting Manila still asserts adherence to the One‑China policy. CHINA replied there is no grey area on the Taiwan issue, urged the Philippines to honour the One‑China principle in practice, and said Taiwan's external exchanges must be handled strictly in accordance with that principle.

Mitsubishi UFJ expects the Bank of England to raise policy rates by 25bp at its next meeting and again in February, taking the peak to 4.25%. It warns rising energy costs will feed through to household bills and lift UK headline inflation above 4% in coming months. Energy prices have stayed higher for longer and risen further recently; with a stabilising labour market, resilient growth and elevated underlying inflation, the BoE will find it hard to ignore the shock. MUFG forecasts UK Q3 GDP growth of about 0.65% QoQ and expects 2026 and 2027 GDP growth of 1.5% and 1.4% respectively, above IMF projections. Higher borrowing costs may have cut fiscal headroom ahead of the budget to around £15bn.

阿聯酋高級外交官拉娜·努賽貝宣佈加入聯合國祕書長競選。她表示，已暫停擔任阿聯酋部長一職，以全力投入聯合國祕書長的競選。