Iran stages a massive government-organized rally that draws hundreds of thousands of people, in what is described as the country’s largest such demonstration since the war began. The turnout serves as a prominent display of national solidarity and official defiance after months of fighting, underscoring the leadership’s effort to project resilience at home and abroad.

President Emmanuel Macron orders the French government to draw up plans to better protect critical infrastructure and sensitive defence and technology sites from what he calls an intensifying Russian hybrid threat. The move signals a sharper French focus on sabotage, cyber pressure and other non-conventional risks targeting key national assets.

Russia places the local operations of Nestlé and several French-linked companies under temporary administration by Kremlin order. The step extends Moscow’s pattern of taking control of Western-owned business assets in Russia, adding to pressure on foreign firms still exposed to the Russian market amid prolonged geopolitical confrontation.

A shooting at Banga National High School in South Cotabato in the southern Philippines leaves at least one person dead and several others injured. Local officials and police confirm casualties as authorities work to establish the full circumstances of the attack and verify additional details from the scene.

Surendra Koli, once accused in the 2006 Nithari killings case and later acquitted, dies by suicide in Haridwar. Police say he is found hanging near a tea stall in the Bhupatwala area, identify him using his Aadhaar card, take the body into custody and open an investigation into the circumstances.

Warren Buffett steps down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway at 96 and becomes chairman emeritus, closing a leadership run that defined one of the world’s most closely watched conglomerates. Berkshire says his son Howard Buffett will become chairman, while Buffett remains involved with the company under the new structure.