Nigel Farage’s Coutts fiasco highlighted debanking. Yet Muslim communities have complained of bank account closures for years, and barriers to banking mean one in 10 Muslims in Britain don’t have a current account. Read my story here: bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg

BREAKING: BRICS agrees to invite six nations, including Saudi Arabia, Iran and the UAE, to join the bloc trib.al/TwpHVi8

A court in Moscow extended by three months the pretrial detention of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter deemed by the U.S. to be wrongfully held in Russia wsj.com/world/russia/r… via The Wall Street Journal

NEW: Amman's mini forests of heat-resistant trees show how cities can offer respite from soaring temperatures — and even save lives trib.al/qs4vXUc

Quote of the Day: "Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Spirited Away in real life

🧵Saudi Arabia spent close to a BILLION DOLLARS on big-ticket football signings. Has it been worth it?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dilutes key parts of his UK government’s green agenda, including pushing back a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by five years to 2035 bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Green

#Diesel loadings from #Russia's key western ports are planned at almost 223k tons in October. That includes 210k tons from Belarus in Primorsk and 12.8k tons in Novorossiysk for Eurasian Economic Union. Those flows are exempt from exports ban. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPeacePrize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. #NobelPrize

A massive fraud has left engine makers and airlines in a frantic race to stem the fallout. This is how fake parts made their way into planes around the world bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg

BREAKING: The UK government's controversial policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, the nation's highest court rules trib.al/EyUecL0

New: Outflows! Retail investors are pulling more than €1 billion a month from real estate funds in Europe, with slumping demand and a surge in borrowing costs raising concerns about commercial property valuations w/ Nickolas Callanan Carla Canivete bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This Sunday I went back to the motherland to help cover the election. Then they told me to stand outside and explain it on camera.

Here's a recap on what we know so far about Iran's retaliatory attack on Israel. Follow our free live blog for more updates: trib.al/xnIIWGb

My morning started with a colleague saying from across the room that RNS (the LSE's news feed) didn't open as usual. Soon enough we were all aware that many things weren't open and many things were disrupted. We're tracking it all in a blog. What a Friday.