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Andy Burnham enters No 10 today as prime minister, the US continued trading fire with Iran over the weekend, and Morgan Stanley has become Wall Street’s top bank for AI debt deals. Plus, Germany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz is pitching his country to investors as “Europe’s bedrock of stability”.

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Andy Burnham urged to use flexibility in fiscal rules to boost investment

US strikes Iran after American troops killed in Jordan

Merz pitches Germany as ‘Europe’s bedrock of stability’ to investors

Morgan Stanley becomes Wall Street’s top bank for AI debt deals

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