敘利亞總統：敘利亞的方針是清除本國境內的外國基地。我們在可預見的未來將不需要外國軍事基地。

Kremlin says Russian President Putin is on international calls; further details to be released shortly.

Taiwan administration head Zhuo Rongtai said Taiwan faces a ‘‘foreign cultural invasion’’ from platforms including Xiaohongshu and Douyin and that the government would use its powers to protect domestic cultural industries. Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian rebutted the claim as baseless, said Taiwan culture is part of Chinese culture, and accused the DPP of politicizing and stigmatizing normal cross‑strait cultural exchanges in an attempt to erect cultural barriers between communities.