In BIG PICTURE NEWS, Russia bombs Kyiv, oil prices boom, the NASDAQ takes a bath and UK founders choose to sell up. In TECH NEWS, OpenAI cuts its target, Meta is in the firing line, the PHP thing causes a lot of panic and return to basics and the whole Starlink thing shows why Europe has to take action. In CONSUMER & RETAIL NEWS, UK consumer confidence collapses, Sainsbury's is cautious about Christmas and Waitrose opens its first big store in eight years. FINANCIALS NEWS, the UK is going to relax post-2008 rules and Barclays is to cut 5,000 jobs. AND FINALLY, I bring you a brilliant moment...