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#energy-resources

Speaking to an audience of political and business leaders in Glasgow, CBI Chair Rupert Soames will call on the UK and Scottish governments to "walk on the same road to growth" and not let the "hurly-burly of an election destroy the close collaboration needed to attract investment." In championing Scotland's historic role as a "catalyst for the United Kingdom's fortunes", Soames will argue that excessive politicking risks squandering Scotland's enormous economic potential - including "natural energy resources that make our competitors green with envy."

Tokyo has lodged a protest accusing China of carrying out the unilateral development of gas fields in disputed waters in the East China Sea. In a statement late on Monday, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had detected the construction of a new structure in waters west of the median line between the countries. Tokyo's latest statement follows Japan's lodging of similar protests after the discovery of Chinese-built installations in May and June.