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Jaguar Land Rover confirmed plans to eliminate 4,000 positions across its global workforce over the next two years as part of a major cost-cutting initiative. Britain's largest automaker aims to secure 1.7 billion pounds in structural savings to enhance competitiveness during the automotive industry's ongoing transition toward electrification. Chief executive PB Balaji noted that the company faces intense global competition, technological shifts, and geopolitical uncertainty. The downsizing strategy is designed to free up capital for a projected 15 billion to 18 billion pound investment in electric vehicles and digital technologies over five years. The company has experienced slumping profits due to rising operating costs, cheaper Chinese electric vehicle imports, and U.S. tariff policies impacting vehicle exports. Owned by India's Tata Motors, the manufacturer employs approximately 34,000 workers in the United Kingdom, where the majority of the announced staff reductions are expected to occur. Prime Minister Andy Burnham's administration stated that no government bailout will be considered.

Legendary actress Ellen Burstyn accepted the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the eighty-third Venice International Film Festival. At ninety-three years old, Burstyn traveled to the Lido to receive the prestigious honor and debuted her role in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s short film Flesh Impact. In the production, Burstyn portrays a one-hundred-year-old interpretation of Marilyn Monroe during a stark stage audition. During festival panels, Burstyn discussed her career, attributing her cinematic longevity to rigorous technical training at the Actors Studio. Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera praised her contributions to American cinema. Industry peers and critics commended her continuous dedication to complex, vulnerable performances, defying conventional career retrospectives.

France established a new Women Basketball World Cup record by converting twenty-two three-pointers during a one hundred eleven to fifty-six victory against Nigeria in Berlin. Migna Toure recorded the twenty-first three-pointer with five minutes and forty-five seconds remaining, surpassing the previous record of twenty set three days earlier by Japan. Dominique Malonga secured the twenty-second conversion as the Olympic finalists maintained their undefeated group standing. Gabby Williams paced the winning effort with twenty-five points and six rebounds, ensuring direct progression to the tournament quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Belgium defeated Australia eighty to sixty-eight to secure first place in Group C, led by Emma Meesseman with twenty-two points and ten rebounds. Julie Allemand contributed seven assists to establish an all-time tournament record of one hundred eleven career assists. Puerto Rico eliminated Turkey seventy-five to seventy-one through a late fourth-quarter comeback led by Arella Guirantes and Pamela Rosado.