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.

Tencent is in talks to become the largest shareholder of AI agent firm Manus, with a Tencent-led Chinese investor group reportedly set to repurchase all Manus equity from Meta at an implied valuation of about US$2 billion. Tencent had no immediate comment; sources said Tencent would remain a minority shareholder and would not take control after the transaction.

Chas Freeman, a retired US diplomat and former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, said even with US production licenses Ukraine would be unable to assemble Patriot air-defense systems for several years. He said producing a complete Patriot system in the US takes about two years and that the US currently has no Patriots to supply Ukraine and will not have any for years. Freeman added, we expect the conflict will be over by then.