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UK Financial Reporting Council: Consultation on interim revisions for third country auditors.

British Prime Minister Starmer: The British government is investigating the activities of the "Labour Community Think Tank".

British Prime Minister Starmer: We need to step up when it comes to defense spending.

British Prime Minister Starmer: The measures we have taken against GROK regarding sexually suggestive images must apply to all artificial intelligence chatbots.

The head of the Syrian Kurdish armed camp: 34 Australians have been released from a camp in northern Syria where family members of suspected "Islamic State" militants were detained, and they will fly back to Australia from Damascus.

The euro zone's industrial output recorded a monthly rate of -1.4% in December, the largest decline since April 2025.

The monthly rate of industrial output in the Eurozone in December was -1.4%, which was expected to be -1.5%. The previous value was revised from 0.70% to 0.3%.

The annual rate of industrial output in the Eurozone in December was 1.2%, which was expected to be 1.3%. The previous value was revised from 2.50% to 2.2%.

Russian Defense Ministry: Shot down 345 Ukrainian drones in 24 hours.

Russian Defense Ministry: Pokrovka and Minkivka in eastern Ukraine have been captured.

Euro-zone December industrial production m/m due in ten minutes.

Kremlin: Agree with Slovakia’s prime minister that Ukrainian President Zelensky is blackmailing Hungarian Prime Minister Orban by delaying the restart of the Friendship oil pipeline.

BASF: The production increase in Ludwigshafen is aimed at ensuring the supply of BDO products in Europe.

Benchmark Dutch natural gas prices fell 5.26% to 30.78 euros per megawatt hour.

According to Swiss Radio and Television, at around 7:00 local time on the 16th, a train derailed between Göpenstein and Brig, Switzerland.

BoJ Governor Kazuo Ueda: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi did not make specific policy requests.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: It is inconvenient to comment on the specific details of the meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: He has had a routine exchange of information with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae.

India's NIFTY 50 index rose 0.5%.

Anthropic: The India team will provide applied AI expertise to enterprise clients, digital native businesses and startups.