Voters head to the polls in Japan this weekend in a crucial Upper House election. The vote comes amid rising economic pressures, including the threat of US tariffs on key exports like cars, high inflation, low productivity and a rapidly ageing population.

Also, the EU cuts its price cap on Russian crude oil to 47 dollars a barrel. France says it could force Moscow into a ceasefire in Ukraine.

And after three decades on air, could The Late Show become too expensive for US television to sustain?

The US Congress has passed the GENIUS Act — the first federal bill aimed at regulating stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency tied to the value of the US dollar. Also on the programme: the US Federal Reserve weighs inflation risks and Trump’s tariff threats The BBC's Victoria Craig speaks to Boston Fed President Susan Collins.

And Uber invests $300 million in Lucid Motors, with plans to launch its own fleet of self-driving robotaxis.

Will ending two public holidays in France help to reduce national debt? Rahul Tandon talks to a professor at the Toulouse School of Economics.

Indonesia also agreed to purchase $15 billion in US energy, $4.5 billion worth of agricultural products and 50 Boeing jets, “many of them 777’s,” Trump said later on social media.

The US technology giant Nvidia says it will soon resume sales of its high-end artificial intelligence chips to China The move reverses a ban on sales of its chips to Beijing, a ban imposed by President Donald Trump's administration in April, over national security concerns.

And we look at the new trend - hiring etiquette coaches for Gen Z employees.

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