President Emmanuel Macron loses his absolute majority in the French parliament to a leftist coalition and a resurgent National Rally. Germany has announced it will return to coal in a bid to secure energy supplies ahead of winter as Russia continues to cut gas output. Asian markets are in the red on the back of the worst weekly performance by the S&P 500 since March 2020. And Bitcoin claws back some losses following a sharp weekend sell-off which saw the world’s biggest cryptocurrency hit an 18-month low. 

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