US Congress votes on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”. Plus: the Mercosur-EU trade deal that was years in the making. Then: what would you put on the UK’s banknotes?

<p dir="ltr">US Congress votes on Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;big, beautiful bill&rdquo;. Plus: the Mercosur-EU trade deal that was years in the making. Then: what would you put on the UK&rsquo;s banknotes?</p>

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