In BIG PICTURE NEWS, everyone bends the knee to Donald, Musk attacks F-35s, US retail sales increase and we look at Brexit impact, wage increases and Poland auctioning butter. In AUTOMOTIVE NEWS, Nissan and Honda consider a merger, Huawei makes progress in car manufacturing and European carmakers raise petrol vehicle prices. In TECH NEWS, the UK considers more AI transparency, Microsoft loads up on Nvidia's chips, Taiwan talks to Kuiper and Databricks raises $10bn. In MISCELLANOUS NEWS, Chemring misses out, Landsec buys Liverpool One and British Airways makes your luggage easier to find. AND FINALLY we take a look at the imperial vs metric debate...