Daily Rundown for 2026-05-13

Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing…

On Wednesday, 13 May 2026

  • The average temperature today is 9˚C,
  • With highs of 9.26˚C and lows of 8.72˚C,
  • It may feel like 9˚C with broken clouds
  • The wind speed is 0.89m/s and visibility is 10000m
  • The pressure is 1004hPa and humidity is 81%
  • The sun will rise at 04:18 and set at 19:51

MI5 Status

  • The current threat level is SEVERE
  • It has been 13 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

Today’s tasks

  • No tasks today

Daily Doctrine

Set exceptional standards.

Fixture List

  • Arsenal Women v Everton Women
  • Stockport County v Stevenage
  • Manchester City v Crystal Palace

Stocks

  • VWRL.L : 132.61000061035156
  • ^FTSE : 10265.2998046875
  • ^FTMC : 22466.19921875

Just for fun

Our Sat Nav is so smart, we were driving through a safari park the other day and it said bear left.

Top News

  • Watch: Inside the Trump-Xi visit that could leave Europe in the cold (€, 1 minutes ago)
  • Trump in Beijing: How do America and China compare as economic superpowers?” (€, 7 minutes ago)
  • Europe Today: Syrian FM speaks exclusively to Euronews after landmark EU-Syria talks (€, 27 minutes ago)
  • The EU’s record €2 trillion budget: who wins, who loses? (€, 36 minutes ago)
  • Latest news bulletin May 13th, 2026 – Morning (€, 1 hours ago)
  • Four Seasons Hotel Mykonos: Greece’s hottest summer opening - in pictures (€, 1 hours ago)
  • Heat pump sales soar in Germany as gas boiler sales drop. How does the rest of Europe compare? (€, 1 hours ago)
  • Why finding the right words for feelings could help ease anxiety, study (€, 1 hours ago)
  • Trump-Xi summit: Chips may be off the table but AI warfare will likely feature in China (€, 1 hours ago)
  • Pentagon says US has spent $29 billion on Iran war so far, amid concerns over weapons stockpiles (€, 1 hours ago)
  • Why global imbalances matter (£, 2 hours ago)
  • Trump is up against China’s great wall of confidence (£, 2 hours ago)
  • The Iran war and the future of cheap flights (£, 2 hours ago)
  • Putin and Zelenskyy cool on US-led peace talks (£, 2 hours ago)
  • JPMorgan is finally rolling out its consumer bank in Europe (£, 2 hours ago)
  • Trump’s plan to discuss Taiwan arms sales with Xi rattles Asian allies (£, 2 hours ago)
  • Vietnam to develop domestic cloud so it can ditch risky overseas operators for government workloads (®, 2 hours ago)
  • JPMorgan set to reshuffle investment bank chiefs amid wider shake-up (£, 2 hours ago)
  • Will Chinese companies still move to Singapore after Manus crackdown? (£, 3 hours ago)
  • Execs admit AI makes them value human workers less (®, 3 hours ago)
  • 1MDB financier Jho Low asks Trump for a pardon (£, 4 hours ago)
  • Doozy of a Patch Tuesday includes 30 critical Microsoft CVEs (®, 6 hours ago)
  • Google users fight for refunds as unauthorized API usage bills soar (®, 7 hours ago)
  • Foxconn confirms cyberattack after ransomware crew claims it stole confidential Apple, Nvidia files (®, 8 hours ago)
  • Starmer clings to power after four ministers resign (£, 8 hours ago)
  • Google launches line of Android laptops festooned with Gemini AI (®, 9 hours ago)
  • Hollywood A-listers back proposed standard that would pay them when AI uses their likeness or work (®, 9 hours ago)
  • Chelsea’s initial talks with Xabi Alonso ‘encouraging’ — report (♣, 10 hours ago)
  • Estêvão excluded from provisional Brazil squad for World Cup — report (♣, 10 hours ago)
  • US Army goes green-ish, wants soldiers munching on plant proteins (®, 13 hours ago)
  • FCC walks back router update ban before it bricks America’s network security (®, 13 hours ago)
  • Congress investigates Canvas breach as company pays ransom (®, 14 hours ago)
  • The Daily Hilario: Tuesday (♣, 23 hours ago)
  • Xabi Alonso ‘open to’ possibility with Chelsea ‘exploring’ deal — report (♣, 1 days ago)
  • The Daily Hilario: Monday (♣, 1 days ago)

Word of the day

rake’s progress - noun: A steady decline, especially one brought on by dissipation, folly, or vice.

Quote of the Day

Stable Velocity. Sustainable Pace - Mike Cottmeyer

Oblique Strategies

Do something boring

Film Archive

  • The Union (Rated: 3)
  • Released in 2024
  • Summary: Construction worker Mike is thrust into the world of espionage when his high school sweetheart, Roxanne, recruits him for a high-stakes intelligence mission.

Countdown Numbers

  • Target: 929, using [1, 6, 10, 50, 75, 100]

  • Answer: 3 solutions.

  • Solution Solution: ( ( 100 + 10 ) x 50 + 75 - 1 ) / 6

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