Live, rolling coverage as the AA and RAC report prices rising to around £1. 60 per litre after Donald Trump ordered renewed bombing in the Middle East The story piquing the interest of the financial press this morning is that of Leopold Aschenbrenner , the AI Wunderkind (he’s German-born) who has...

Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jul/31/bp-sell-north-sea-ai-record-korea-kospi-stock-market-latest-news-updates)

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