The World in Brief from The Economist

OpenAI cancelled the release of GPT-6.1 Astra, planned for October, over safety concerns. Also, Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, launched a platform to stop AI agents going awry.

A daytime Russian drone strike on the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv killed at least one person; 19 people were injured in total as Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital.

America and China will cut tariffs on around $30bn-worth of each other’s goods ($60bn in total)—including American corn and cosmetics, and Chinese toasters and toys—following Mr Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping last week; A Russian drone strike on the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv killed at least one person; 19 people were injured in total as Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital.

Yields on ten-year Treasuries hit 5.20% and Brent crude rose to $106 a barrel after Iran said that it would not alter its proposed deal to reach a ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Also, British police detained five men on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act after a tip-off about suspicious activity near RAF Fairford.

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said American mediators had not officially relayed their rejection of an Iranian offer of a seven-day ceasefire.

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said American mediators had not officially relayed their rejection of an Iranian offer of a seven-day ceasefire; British police detained five men on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act after a tip-off that three vans were heading towards RAF Fairford, an air base America uses to strike Iran.

Iran’s foreign minister said that only a negotiated solution could get America out of its “deadlock”. Abbas Araqchi’s social-media post came after Donald Trump rejected Iran’s offer of a seven-day ceasefire that could have reopened the Strait of Hormuz; A controversial march by members of Northern Ireland’s loyalist Orange Order will go ahead on Sunday after the High Court court reversed a ban.

America and China confirmed that they would establish a communications channel dedicated to AI incidents