Japan’s SoftBank unveils $100bn US investment plans, fervour around Nvidia cools as investors look to AI’s next winners, and Europe launches its most ambitious space programme in a decade. Plus, in Syria, Kurdish groups fear they may be worse off under a rebel-led government.

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Japan’s SoftBank pledges $100bn investment in US

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Europe signs €10.6bn Iris² satellite deal in bid to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink

Syria’s Kurds fear US betrayal under Donald Trump

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