In BIG PICTURE NEWS, an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire begins, Fed officials are cautious on cuts, Wall Street backs the UK and orange juice prices boom. In RETAIL NEWS, Nordstrom gets more confident, Urban Outfitters sees rising sales, Shaftsbury talks a good game, Leighton returns to Asda, AO World warns of price rises and Halfords considers raising garage prices. In TECH NEWS, Samsung has another reshuffle, Dell and HP post downbeat outlooks, X backers look set to gain from xAI, Sora is leaked and CrowdStrike gets more confident. In MISCELLANOUS NEWS car makers take a Trump-shaped hit, Stellantis says it'll close its Luton factory and Compass Group looks forward. AND FINALLY I bring you some classic jokes...