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SpaceX unveiled plans to raise $75 billion in an initial public offering.

Elon Musk's rocketry firm said it was seeking to sell 555.6 million shares at $135

each. The debut would dwarf Saudi Aramco's, the biggest to date, which raised $29.4 billion in 2019,

and it would value SpaceX at almost $1.77 trillion.

Anthropic and Open AI, two AI firms are also expected to be preparing massive IPOs.

US Central Command said it struck targets on Keshem Island in the Strait of Hormuz,

while Iran fired missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain.

An Iranian drone strike on Kuwait's airport also killed one person and injured more than 60.

It is the first time that Bahrain has come under attack since America and Iran's ceasefire agreement.

Donald Trump claims peace talks are still, quote, going on.

Secere Stama, Britain's Prime Minister, appealed for calm after violent protests in Southampton.

They followed the conviction of a Sikh man who murdered a white student.

What angered protesters was footage showing that police,

responding to a false report that the victim had perpetrated a racist attack,

handcuffed the dying man.

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