The Beijing Hour

Iran says no meetings to ease tensions have been scheduled with the United States (01:03). More than 20 US states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over Section 301 tariffs (10:18). A province in eastern China has hosted a China-Germany youth football tournament (21:50).

US President Donald Trump says negotiations with Iran will begin on Monday, while Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Tehran must ensure the US remains committed to the Memorandum of Understanding reached by the two sides in June (01:00). AI glasses are emerging as a key focus of China's expanding tech sector (21:39). China's securities regulator has announced policy measures to strengthen cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong (36:46).

China has called on Japan to draw lessons from history and act with caution following the establishment of a new national intelligence system, saying Japan's wartime intelligence agencies helped support militarism and overseas aggression (01:11). Hostilities between the US and Iran have flared up again after a brief pause (09:56). China's top economic regulator says it will take various steps to drive the economy toward sustained improvement and high-quality development (17:39).

China's top leadership has announced that the CPC will hold the fifth plenary session of its 20th Central Committee in Beijing in October (01:04). Pakistan says negotiations between Iran and the US are ongoing, especially concerning the Strait of Hormuz and the de-escalation of regional tensions (08:28). Firefighters continue to battle against wildfires burning across France and Spain, scorching vast lands and forcing evacuations (23:49).

Rescue efforts are underway following an explosion at a shopping mall in southwest Japan, triggered by a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake (01:02). The European Commission says the fast-spreading fires in France and Spain have exceeded their capacity to respond, prompting calls for cross-border firefighting aid from member nations (23:52). Beijing has slammed the Democratic Progressive Party authorities in Taiwan for rejecting the entry applications of a Shanghai delegation to Taipei for a ceremony marking the public debut of two red pandas gifted by the mainland (32:21) .