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Gucci becomes first luxury fashion house to title a Formula 1 team, partnering with Alpine from 2027
Italian luxury fashion house Gucci will become the title partner of Renault's Alpine Formula One team starting in the 2027 season, marking the first time a luxury brand has lent its name to a racing team.

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215 votes and coal smoke

Trump absorbs war-powers rebuke as Lebanon truce frays and Washington revives coal

Washington spent the night arguing over how much war a president can wage without Congress, while a Lebanon ceasefire began looking fragile almost immediately. Elsewhere, a damaged Dreamliner embarrassed Lufthansa, Germany tried to cut its care bill, Anthropic asked rivals to slow down, and Marjane Satrapi's death drew tributes across Europe.

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The war in Ukraine and its limits

The week saw continued positional warfare and the implementation of multi-year support frameworks, but the sea drone incident in a NATO port represents a tangible escalation of spillover risk.

Gucci becomes first luxury fashion house to title a Formula 1 team, partnering with Alpine from 2027