In BIG PICTURE NEWS, Israel strikes again, Trump moves on China and floats Bessent as a Fed chief, UK inflation gets some help, the US gets nuke commitment and Miliband wavers. In CONSUMER & EMPLOYMENT NEWS, US consumers spend, Amazon wields the axe and the UK promises to end the illegal gig economy. In TECH NEWS, Nvidia puts $1bn into Nokia whilst announcing an exciting new product, SK Hynix has already sold next year's chips, OpenAI makes its presence felt and Apple hits a $4tn valuation. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, we look at Princes' IPO and KR1's flotation plans. AND FINALLY, I bring you some ridiculous over-engineering...