An Iranian lawmaker warned on Sunday that if the United States were to launch a nuclear strike on parts of Iran, Tehran would demonstrate its so-called "absolute deterrence" capability.

Klaas Knot, a candidate to succeed Christine Lagarde as ECB president, said ECB tools to stabilise sovereign bond markets cannot substitute for responsible public finances and that intervention is sometimes unavoidable. He said the ECB can provide a firewall in cases of market disorder but cannot replace sound fiscal policy. Knot, former governor of the Dutch central bank, is competing with Spanish candidate Pablo Hernández de Cos; the leadership contest may hinge on which candidate is judged better able to contain financial market stress and withstand sovereign bond sell-offs. Lagarde last month said she will leave on Feb. 7, 2027, nearly nine months before the scheduled end of her eight-year term, and recent worries over French debt have revived memories of the euro-area sovereign debt crisis.

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