In BIG PICTURE NEWS, the US ups the ante on Iran, there's talk of a Syria pipeline, Trump does his thing, Burnham gets closer to the hot seat, the government nationalises British Steel and Zelenskyy's government is in turmoil. In IPO AND M&A NEWS, energy IPOs surge, we look at the Great British Sell-off, Uber buys Delivery Hero, ABB buys Rotork and Eli Lilly buys AtaiBeckley. In TECH & MEDIA NEWS, China pushes AI, Moonshot challenges Anthropic, TSMC invests big in US production and Netflix has a downbeat outlook. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, UK smaller companies aren't confident, Foxtons suffers and Ocado has a shocker. AND FINALLY, I bring you an unusual warm-up for a gym workout...