England edged Mexico 3-2 in an instant Round-of-16 classic — Jude Bellingham with two in under two minutes and Harry Kane from the spot — surviving a second-half red card to set up a quarter-final with Erling Haaland's Norway, who stunned Brazil.

At home, MPs open a heavy week: the Great British Railways nationalisation bill, Lords amendments to the National Security Bill, and a proposed Sky–ITV merger that would reshape British broadcasting.

Comcast-owned Sky and ITV are in advanced talks over a merger that would create Britain's biggest commercial broadcaster — ITV shares jumped 14% on the news, reshaping the UK ad market.

Meanwhile the UK won sectoral tariff relief in its US trade talks, and the Bank of England's signal to hold rates nudged sterling to a three-month high.