Tanzania’s central bank has purchased roughly 28 metric tonnes of gold for reserves over the past 18 months, valued at about $3.68 billion at current prices, Governor Emmanuel Tutuba said. The buying programme began around 2023. In September 2024 the country’s mining regulator ordered gold exporters, miners and traders to sell at least 20% of exportable gold to the central bank.

President Trump said the U.S. objective is to achieve Iran's "denuclearization", accused Iran's negotiating team of lying about closed-door talks, and said he does not know whether a deal will be reached. He added the U.S. might act without an agreement — "that would be easier" — but did not specify what non-negotiated measures he had in mind.

A US official said military strikes on targets inside Iran are punitive, not a proportional retaliation, aimed at responding to recent Iranian attacks on merchant vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. The official said, "This is punishment," and added, "This won't end quickly." US Central Command said on the 7th on social media that US forces had begun "a series of robust strikes" in response to earlier Iranian attacks on three commercial ships transiting the Strait.