Chip stocks push Wall Street indices to another record high (www.ft.com)

Colombia finance minister resigns amid corruption probe (www.ft.com)

Starmer to take aim at Whitehall with new UK ‘mission’ targets (www.ft.com)

Musk plans to expand Colossus AI supercomputer tenfold (www.ft.com)

Google DeepMind hits new milestone in AI weather forecasting (www.ft.com)

EU and South American bloc close to finalising Mercosur trade deal (www.ft.com)

City minister warns FCA on ‘name and shame’ plans (www.ft.com)

Powell ‘not concerned’ over risks Trump will stifle Fed independence (www.ft.com)

French parliament votes to oust Michel Barnier’s government (www.ft.com)

Romania blames Russia for election meddling (www.ft.com)

Delaware struggles with Tesla investors’ disregard for governance (www.ft.com)

Trump picks crypto enthusiast Paul Atkins for SEC chair (www.ft.com)

A stress test for South Korea’s democracy (www.ft.com)

AstraZeneca appoints new China head after long-standing executive detained (www.ft.com)

Nato’s Rutte says Russia supporting North Korean nuclear programme (www.ft.com)

Memecoins will go away once we stop paying attention to them (www.ft.com)

Peter Navarro nominated as senior adviser in Trump White House (www.ft.com)

Starmer refuses to repeat Labour’s G7 growth pledge (www.ft.com)

Mozambique’s auction of ‘tuna bonds’ fleet fails to attract single bid (www.ft.com)