Andy Burnham’s first day

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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https://www.ft.com/content/e2a3ea85-e4f2-4344-ac70-8410333e8749?accessToken=zwAAAaAVT1pWlNOsKI0Eg1RKbNOZ_sD8qDKtQ9Po6K3FfFZFqNOZ_Ltaz9omPs9tgXI4ssJHW9OuA9cfQmNfftPio-qF5PJDRNOscIQQMz6HSQE.MEYCIQCkv_FJ5NEzLtMFhGQYd3Gd1ZAEKF3MHc46AukTkj3f9AIhAJi3dMbW-dwQpCF5gTc7fYCb50XBkR-JvcY1RpNu9HuY&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Morgan Stanley becomes Wall Street’s top bank for AI debt deals

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