The vessel Arctic Express docked at a US‑sanctioned floating storage unit in Russia’s Murmansk region and loaded gas from the Arctic LNG 2 project — the first time the ship has carried gas from a blacklisted source. Arctic Express entered service in 2007 and was reflagged to Russia in May. Tracking‑data analysis shows at least 21 vessels have been used to transport LNG from sanctioned Russian projects, indicating Moscow is enlarging its fleet to evade Western restrictions. The biggest remaining

China A-share pork sector continued to strengthen; Juxing Agricultural & Animal Husbandry locked at limit-up, Muyuan Foods rose over 7%, Tiankang Bio and Shennong Group also gained.

The Financial Times reports the Royal Navy will order at least six general-purpose combat vessels able to deploy unmanned air and undersea systems, a plan due to be announced this week. The ships, intended as part of the Type 45 destroyer replacement, will be the navy's first hybrid-powered warships and are expected to enter service in the early 2030s. The Labour government is set to abandon a long‑planned eight-ship Type 83 destroyer programme and cancel the five-ship Type 32 frigate programme first announced in 2020 in favour of the new general-purpose vessels. The defence secretary’s final plan is expected to add at least £1bn to defence spending, raising new defence investment by more than £14.5bn versus earlier plans. Government says the vessels will act as unmanned-systems control hubs, extending operational reach and firepower without a proportionate increase in crew or cost.