The deep schism between OpenAI and Anthropic has led to a race-like dynamic towards ever more powerful models, says Madhumita Murgia for the Financial Times.

The conflict is becoming a struggle to determine the future of the wider Middle East and Americas role in it, says Marc Champion for Bloomberg Opinion.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said talks are still ongoing after the United States, Greenland and Denmark agreed to negotiate a solution to US President Donald Trumps demand for control over Greenland.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Irans nuclear chief, Mohammad Eslami, is a sanctioned individual and was blocked from attending the IAEAs annual conference in Vienna.

Vulnerable crops and livestock have been hit by extreme heat across Europe, with farmers reporting falling yields.

"The Houthi capture of strategic islands near Bab el-Mandeb is a game changer," says an analyst, adding that it gives the rebels "far greater geopolitical and geoeconomic leverage over Saudi Arabia, the Gulf, the United States and global trade".

UKMTO's report of a projectile hitting a vessel as it moved through the Strait of Hormuz came the day after Saudi Arabia said it had temporarily closed its East-West pipeline as a precaution after a drone attack.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the first day of the New Delhi summit, in the countries' highest-level meeting since the start of the conflict.