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A spokesperson for the Met said: “A number of officers entered the water but were recovered. Additional officers responded alongside the London ambulance service and London fire brigade.

“We understand five officers were injured and are receiving treatment. We await an update on the extent of their injuries. At this stage, we don’t believe any members of the public were involved or injured.

“The circumstances of the incident will be thoroughly reviewed, but at this stage our priority is the wellbeing of the officers involved.”

Responders from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution could be seen treating casualties on a boat moored at Westminster pier. A large number of police officers, fire crews and ambulances were at the scene, with a police helicopter and air ambulance circling above.

Traffic across the bridge was brought to a standstill, with a cordon in place at either end.

A mother and son, Cecilia Lusevic, 56, and Mateo Bilis-Lusevic, 12, said they heard a loud bang when the police boat crashed.

The visitors to the UK, from Chile, were on a tour boat on the north side of Westminster Bridge and saw what happened, before being evacuated from their boat.

Mateo told the Press Association: “Two boats were riding extremely fast through the water. Suddenly, I heard a boom. I was looking towards the boat, and I heard a boom. Then three people went flying into the water, and one of the people was really hurt.”

The police officers were in the water for an estimated 10 minutes, he said, and in that time someone threw a life ring in for one of them.

In a post on X, the London fire brigade said: “We’re responding to an incident on the #RiverThames near Westminster Bridge alongside partner agencies. The brigade’s fire boat and three fire rescue units with water rescue capabilities have been mobilised to the scene. We were called at 15.58 and remain on scene.

“We are supporting the response and providing assistance where needed, working closely with the Metropolitan police, HM Coastguard and partner agencies to manage the situation.”

Transport for London said exits one and two at Westminster tube station were closed. Thames Clippers, which operates Uber Boat, said “some services” may be subject to disruption as a result of the incident. It said Westminster pier was closed until further notice. %!s()

Heading into Tesla's second-quarter report, I argued the risks were skewed to the downside. Greeting a delivery beat with selling was a classic tell of expectations "priced for perfection." While revenue of $28.2 billion beat handily, up 26% year over year, adjusted earnings of 34 cents per share missed the consensus (50 cents) by a wide margin. Operating margin compressed to 1.4%, and a 142% surge in capital spending swung free cash flow negative. Combining disappointing EPS, a call for patience (this is the pattern with Tesla) on robotaxi, and the stock slid roughly 14.5% Thursday, through our short put strike, and closed near the move targeted by the trade. Investors are apparently more interested in the "show" rather than the "tell" in Tesla earnings.

Which brings us to the less glamorous but more important part of trading: what to do when a position works. Our bearish structure has captured the bulk of its maximum potential value. When most of the possible profit is already in hand, the math flips against you — what's left to earn is small relative to what you'd give back if the stock snaps back (a possibility I consider quite unlikely). So that leaves us with a couple reasonable paths:

Path one: take the money and run. Close the position, book the gain, and wait for another fat pitch. There is never anything wrong with this. There's an old saw in investing: "One never loses money taking profits." Platitudinous admittedly, but we'll reserve a more nuanced approach for another day.

Path two: bank most of it, and press. Make a similar play with "house money". Somewhat emboldened, redeploy a portion of the profits toward another high-multiple pioneering company whose valuation and price action make it vulnerable to disappointment: Palantir, which reports August 3rd.

The counterpoints on Palantir

Palantir is a remarkable company, one of my favorites actually. But several counterpoints deserve weight heading into the print. The stated ambition to grow revenues tenfold without scaling the sales force is, to put it charitably, ambitious. Competition among LLM providers is likely to intensify, and enterprise customers increasingly look to deploy large language models directly rather than through an intermediary platform. The total addressable market, while large, is finite — and international sales are likely to be constrained by the understandable preference for local vendors wherever national security is concerned.

The numbers, while good, were less good last quarter. Commercial backlog growth slowed to 12% in the first quarter, per Bloomberg, down from 21% in the fourth quarter of 2025. And even net of its recent declines, Palantir trades at a material premium to its software peer group — and well above its own historical EV/sales average.

For context, the average move in Palantir from one week before earnings (about where we are now) through two weeks after (consistent with August regular way expiration) is approximately 26%!

Palantir, YTD

The options market is pricing a one-day earnings move of 9.5% — larger than the past four quarters delivered, but substantially below the long-term average of more than 14%. That suggests August options, expensive as they appear at 65% implied volatility, may be reasonably priced, particularly if you use spreads, selling one expensive option against another to neutralize the volatility premium.

So, what to do. 

Step 1: Close the TSLA position — sell the August 360/330 put spread, banking at ~$23, well more than a double from the price at which we put it on.

Step 2 (for those pressing): Buy the PLTR August 21st $120/$95 put spread for ~$6.50, funded with a portion of the TSLA proceeds.

Risk is defined to the debit paid.

Max profit: the $25 spread width less the debit, if PLTR closes at or below $95 at expiration — a decline of roughly 23% from current levels, in line with the historical three-week earnings window.

The short $95 put materially offsets the 65% vol premium embedded in the long strike.

Like the Tesla trade, the Palantir put spread offers defined risk, and for those using the proceeds from the winner in Tesla, less than the "house money" (profits) collected on the first trade. %!s()

The 36th victory of his career moves Fury closer to a meeting with fellow Briton Joshua, who has his own comeback fight against Albanian Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

"I went through my test tonight. Let's see if he can get through his," Fury said.

Many expected 'the Gypsy King' to fly straight to Jeddah for Joshua's bout, with the pair potentially announcing their long-awaited showdown in the ring afterwards if Joshua wins.

Instead, Fury said he was going home.

"I've got to face off with my wife. I've got to iron when I get home. I've been away for six out of the last seven months", he said.

"I'm not going to Jeddah, I'm going home to my wife and kids. I'm going to regroup and hopefully we'll have a big fight signed next week."

Questions still linger over where the all-British bout would take place, with Eddie Hearn saying Joshua's contract stipulates the UK, but industry whispers suggesting a venue in America.

"We'll head wherever we're going to head," Fury said.

"Who knows? It could be in Vegas, New York, Ireland, London. Who knows where the fight's going to be?"

Fury's win over Wach was not broadcast live on any television or radio platform, and will instead form part of the third series of the Netflix reality show 'At Home With The Furys'.

Fury has become a mainstream celebrity beyond boxing, with his outspoken personality, reality TV appearances and larger-than-life public image.

But in Pattaya there was no pay-per-view build-up or millions watching from home.

Earlier in the evening, the venue staged its regular programme of Muay Thai bouts before staff stripped away the canvas and transformed the ring for Fury's boxing card.

"We've all heard of the 'Thriller in Manila', you've heard of the 'Rumble in the Jungle' and you've heard of the punch-up in Pattaya," Fury said.

There was something almost nostalgic about it all. A generation ago, boxing fans might have waited until the following morning to read the result in the newspapers.

This time, reporters were refreshing social media, while the handful of journalists and YouTube channels inside the venue became the eyes and ears for everyone else.

According to those updates, Fury controlled the opening rounds, although one clip posted on X showed Poland's Wach catching him with a right hand in the second.

Another revealed pockets of empty seats - a striking contrast for a fighter who has packed Wembley Stadium with 96,000 fans and drawn 64,500 to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Another clip showed Fury, who said ticket profits would be donated to a local charity supporting disadvantaged children and students with disabilities, dictating the pace and repeatedly landing uppercuts at close range in the fifth.

One reporter even claimed Fury paused to kiss Wach midway through the sixth round.

It was not long before Wach and his corner had seen enough. Unable to withstand another three rounds of punishment, Wach was withdrawn to hand Fury his first stoppage victory since beating Derek Chisora in 2022. %!s()