Crude oil prices fell 1% ahead of anticipated United States sanctions on Iran, even as the ongoing conflict in Iran drove a nearly five-fold surge in refining profits for Ampol. In the technology sector, Amazon began charging for rides in autonomous robotaxis featuring no steering wheels, dashboards, or pedals, while the broader tech and defense industries faced severe material bottlenecks; Almonty Industries CEO Lewis Black warned that global tungsten supplies are critically constrained, with US scrap export restrictions worsening shortages for Japanese tool producers and preventing the Defense Logistics Agency from executing strategic stockpiling. In legal and political developments, Donald Trump asked a federal judge to reject the BBC's attempt to subpoena family members in his defamation lawsuit over an edited January 6 speech documentary, and Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers asked AIPAC to refrain from spending on his general election campaign to mitigate political backlash regarding Democratic challenger Abdul El-Sayed. Meanwhile, sovereignty conflicts escalated with civilian casualties, including a Ukrainian drone strike on a Krasnodar childcare center that killed two children and another strike that damaged the Epiphany Cathedral in Gorlovka and injured a senior cleric.