🇪🇺🇨🇳 The EU and China agree to explore tariff reductions and reach an understanding on hybrid vehicle trade after two days of trade talks in Beijing. China agrees to continue fast-track export licences for rare earths and permanent magnets supplied to the EU, as both sides seek more stable supply chains.

🇨🇦🇩🇰🇩🇪🇫🇷🇮🇹🇯🇵🇳🇱🇬🇧 Eight countries condemn US sanctions against the ICC and reaffirm their support for the court’s independence and integrity in a joint statement by foreign ministers. The ministers warn that the sanctions could severely disrupt the court’s work and affect its staff and their families, while the EU also backs the ICC and Israel supports Washington’s move. Follow: 🥱1

🇦🇪 The UAE says the suspect admitted acting alone in the alleged airport attack plot, but investigators are probing possible accomplices and connections. The suspect showed extremist tendencies from 2017 and was inspired by the September 11, 2001 attacks. — UAE Attorney General. Follow: ❤1👍1