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Global banks warn UK windfall tax will trigger shift away from London
Chancellor John Healey is looking for revenues in next month’s Budget to compensate for hit from higher borrowing costs due to Iran war

US, Korea Hail ‘Significant Progress’ on $350 Billion Trade Deal
Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hailed “significant progress” on implementing the two countries’ long-stalled investment deal, with lawmakers in Seoul saying the first project would be a $22.3 billion gas-fired power development in Texas.

Ukraine Ready for Truce If Russia Stops Energy Strikes
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after a meeting with US President Donald Trump in New York, said he was ready for an energy truce with Russia as a first step toward ending the war, provided Moscow stopped its own attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure. Trump has been pushing both sides to halt

Trump, South Korea Want to Get Kim Jong Un Back to Negotiations
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump agreed to work closely to help restart dialogue with North Korea, with Trump again expressing his willingness to engage with Kim Jong Un.

Nvidia-backed Nscale buried ByteDance deal in push to $35bn IPO
Chinese tech giant was AI cloud provider’s largest customer last year but is not prominently named in pitch to stock market investors

Machado Fails to Slip Into Venezuela While Rodríguez Is Away
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado tried three times in the past 24 hours to return home but was unable to complete the journey.

UK PM Burnham condemns ‘repulsive’ Russian electoral interference
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham addressed the UN General Assembly, accusing Russia of information warfare.