Welcome to Wednesday and our wrap of the main overnight headlines form the worlds of business and politics.
Associates of the late Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said his funeral took place in a "closed format" on Tuesday afternoon, and individuals "wishing to say goodbye" can visit the cemetery,
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