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date: 2026-07-13 06:20
type: daily
title: Daily Rundown for 2026-07-13
permalink: /2026-07-13-daily-rundown
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._
## On Monday, 13 July 2026
- The average temperature today is 15˚C,
- With highs of 15.52˚C and lows of 14.82˚C,
- It may feel like 14.51˚C with clear sky
- The wind speed is 2.68m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1024hPa and humidity is 75%
- The sun will rise at 04:04 and set at 20:23
### MI5 Status
- The current threat level is SEVERE
- It has been 74 days since the last change (2026-04-30)
### Today's tasks
- No tasks today
### Daily Doctrine
> Embrace uncertainty.
### Fixture List
- No Fixtures
### Stocks
- VWRL.L : 137.16000366210938
- ^FTSE : 10497.2998046875
- ^FTMC : 23371.400390625
### Just for fun
> What TV show is a pirates favourite? Plankety Plank.
### Top News
- Oil jumps and global stocks fall (FT, [10 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/54be872f-c0a2-46dd-9337-5cad9124e734))
- US launches more strikes on Iran as ceasefire teeters (FT, [13 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/c5beec47-ba53-412e-910e-6b9ab2f3238d))
- Europe Today: Iran war flares up as EU weighs sanctions on Israeli settlements (Euronews, [18 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/13/europe-today-iran-war-flares-up-as-eu-weighs-sanctions-on-israeli-settlements))
- Brussels accused of ‘delay tactics’ ahead of talks on banning Israeli settlement trade (Euronews, [19 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/13/brussels-accused-of-delay-tactics-ahead-of-talks-on-banning-israeli-settlement-trade))
- How can the EU make sure you don’t run out of green energy? Ask the Euronews AI chatbot (Euronews, [19 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/13/how-can-the-eu-make-sure-you-dont-run-out-of-green-energy-ask-the-euronews-ai-chatbot))
- Anti-tracking fashion: Startup designs clothing to foil AI surveillance cameras (Euronews, [43 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/13/anti-tracking-fashion-startup-designs-clothing-to-foil-ai-surveillance-cameras))
- Fire at pub on outskirts of Bangkok kills at least 27 people and injures dozens (Euronews, [57 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/07/13/fire-at-pub-on-outskirts-of-bangkok-kills-at-least-27-people-and-injures-dozens))
- Gracie Abrams, 'The Odyssey' and silhouettes: What to see, do or hear this week in Europe (Euronews, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/07/13/gracie-abrams-the-odyssey-and-silhouettes-what-to-see-do-or-hear-this-week-in-europe))
- Arctic seabed mission documents fragile marine life threatened by Norway's deep-sea mining plans (Euronews, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/07/13/arctic-seabed-mission-documents-fragile-marine-life-threatened-by-deep-sea-mining))
- From Pompeii to Bratislava: Europe’s top sightseeing stops this summer (Euronews, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/07/13/from-pompeii-to-bratislava-europes-top-sightseeing-stops-this-summer))
- Latest news bulletin July 13th, 2026 – Morning (Euronews, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/07/13/latest-news-bulletin-july-13th-2026-morning))
- Oil prices climb as Strait of Hormuz tensions reignite supply concerns (Euronews, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/07/13/oil-prices-climb-as-strait-of-hormuz-tensions-reignite-supply-concerns))
- ‘Trump accounts’ and how to spread America’s wealth (FT, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/f98d880c-6e7f-486c-8336-4a26186a5955))
- Deutsche Bank and UniCredit sue Linde over Russia sanctions losses (FT, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/78dc19d0-d58a-41bd-b40e-6aeb04e26409))
- AI is not enough to arrest China’s decline (FT, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/0dbbef33-059b-4ec9-b504-31f37a0c4053))
- Companies turn to Chinese AI models to cut costs (FT, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/9c8ff45b-7c20-4c2e-93c9-c52339ffdcee))
- Jane Fraser’s ruthless remake of Citigroup (FT, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/632c0f53-66f2-4c7d-8e4f-bae514cef713))
- Employers pushed staff to use AI more. That has backfired (FT, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/cc03adda-7b56-4392-8f9a-e83a71a25ea1))
- EU buys record amount of gas from Russia’s flagship plant (FT, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/de9bbc3a-c317-4e5f-a324-6ec0dde45722))
- Iran bets Trump will blink first (FT, [12 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/5bcb587a-e74a-4a34-9d18-c52520bd7b05))
- England, Argentina both advance to the 2026 World Cup semifinals (WAGNH, [15 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-international-duty/170155/england-argentina-both-advance-to-the-2026-world-cup-semifinals))
- The Daily Hilario: Sunday (WAGNH, [23 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/170135/the-daily-hilario-july-12th))
### Word of the day
> arete - noun: 1. Virtue or excellence, especially the realization of one's potential. 2. A sharp, narrow mountain ridge.
### Quote of the Day
> In XP, we do not divide and conquer. We conquer and divide. First we make something that works, then we bust that up and solve the little parts. - Kent Beck, XP Trainer and Author
### Oblique Strategies
> Distorting time
### Film Archive
- Abducted (Rated: 4)
- Released in 2013
- Summary: After his young daughter is kidnapped, a war hero takes matters into his own hands while detectives unravel the mystery surrounding the unusual crime.
### Countdown Numbers
- Target: 907, using [1, 1, 5, 6, 7, 50]
- Answer: 1 solutions.
- Solution
Solution: ( 5 - 1 - 1 ) x 50 x 6 + 7