AFP reports at least five explosions were heard in Kyiv.

Press TV quoted a senior Iranian intelligence source saying the U.S. is conducting a coordinated campaign of pressure, threats and media disinformation against Iran.

Typhoon Bavi brought heavy rain to parts of China’s eastern coast, prompting the National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters to activate a level-2 emergency response for Fujian and Zhejiang. The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Emergency Management have advanced 40 mln yuan of central natural-disaster relief funds to support emergency evacuations, hazard removal, secondary-disaster risk inspections and emergency remediation, and rescue operations in the two provinces.