UK defense minister said the UK and Russia need to establish a new confidential communications channel to avoid "miscalculation".

ECB Governing Council member KAZAKS said the bank faces a more delicate trade-off between containing inflation and supporting growth and that further tightening may be needed in December. Speaking to Bloomberg TV in Riga, the Latvian policymaker said judgments on tightening have become more nuanced and that from today’s perspective further tightening appears reasonable. He said the ECB is assessing how much more is required to rein in inflation that is currently above its 2% target; the bank has raised the deposit rate twice since February and officials are open to another December hike. KAZAKS added that a post‑US midterm decline in oil prices could help dampen upside inflation pressure.

歐盟理事會：歐盟烏克蘭軍事援助團已累計訓練10萬名烏克蘭士兵。歐盟理事會將其任務期限延長2年，至2028年11月15日，並通過在基輔設立協調小組來適應烏克蘭的需求。