In BIG PICTURE NEWS, Putin plays chicken on Europe's border, we consider the state of the States, Mexico bows to US pressure on Chinese cars, bitcoin hoarders go through a tough patch and Saudi Arabia is emerging as a solar power. In TECH NEWS, Oracle and OpenAI sign a mahoosive cloud computing deal and its CEO gets bragging rights over Musk while a quantum computing company raises $1bn. In IPO NEWS, the machine seems to be turning again and Klarna has a decent debut. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, we see some major developments in pharma, UK property has a wobble, Inditex sees sales slow and Primark's owner warns over wavering consumer confidence. AND FINALLY, I bring you a work in progress...