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Lescure Says Widening French-German Yield Spread Is Due to Budget Issues

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure discusses the nation's budget deficit and the impact of fiscal concerns on bond markets as the spread between French and German yields widens. "There has been a bit of a rise in the spread, as you said, between France and Germany," Lescure tells Bloomberg's Oliver Crook in Dublin. "This is mostly linked with the fact that we have budgetary issues. We are tackling them," he adds.

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Pressure Builds on Merz Ahead of Elections in Germany

Polls in Germany are showing Friedrich Merz's personal popularity at a record low for any post-World War II chancellor. His Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) was trounced by the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a state election earlier this month, and the crisis is set intensify on Sunday when two more states head to the ballots. Bloomberg's Chad Thomas reports from Berlin.

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Oil Drops as Iran Diplomacy Prospects Pick Up

Oil dropped for a third day as supply concerns eased and traders looked to the next round of diplomacy that'll shape the conflict. US President Donald Trump told Axios he was approaching a "big decision" on whether to re-escalate attacks on Tehran, with a meeting with Persian Gulf nations planned for next week in New York. Bloomberg's Stuart Livingstone-Wallace breaks down the situation.

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