In BIG PICTURE NEWS, Lloyds of London racks up the losses, Meloni misses a trick, Milei presses on the Falklands, UK confidence wobbles and Venezuelan oil causes hesitancy on both sides. In TECH NEWS, Nvidia buys Hugging Face, OpenAI boasts about overtaking Anthropic and Pennsylvania voters rise up against data centres. In CAR-RELATED NEWS, Cybercabs hit Austin, driverless arrives in London and VW announces massive job cuts. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, private credit takes a blow, Revolut gets good news, Lululemon cuts its outlook, Crest Nicholson warns, Harvey Nicks' suppliers get bad news, John Lewis launches a chatshow, Shein sinks, Oura's looking good and Frontier Developments looks promising. AND FINALLY, I bring you a better alternative to Crocs...