Kremlin said the UK’s arrest of US military personnel accused of assisting Russian intelligence agencies is unrelated to Russia.

South Korea's exports in the first 10 days of November rose to $33.5bln, up 111.9% YoY, the Korea Customs Service said in preliminary data on Wednesday. The result is a record for early-November 10-day periods and the second-highest for any 10-day window after early September's $35.1bln. The period included 7.5 working days versus 7 a year earlier; workday-adjusted daily exports climbed 97.7% YoY to $4.46bln. Year-to-date exports reached $963.7bln; at the current daily pace South Korea could exceed $1.0tln around Nov. 20. Semiconductor exports jumped 331.2% YoY to $16.6bln, the largest gain and a period record among major categories.

An Israeli citizen crossed into Lebanon at about 2:00 p.m. local time today and was detained by United Nations forces. The individual is to be handed over to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shortly, and the Israeli military is investigating.