June 26 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in

the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and

does not vouch for their accuracy.

Headlines

- Shell denies takeover talks with UK rival BP

- Big Four firms fined in new exam cheating scandal

- UK to focus new trade strategy on boosting services

exports

- Amazon MGM Studios names Denis Villeneuve as next James

Bond director

Overview

- Shell has denied it is in discussions to buy

rival BP after months of speculation about a deal that

would combine the UK's two biggest oil companies.

- The US audit regulator has fined the Dutch arms of

Deloitte, PwC and EY a total of $8.5 million after finding

"hundreds" of staff cheated on internal training exams including

ethics tests.

- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will launch a new

trade strategy on Thursday focused on increasing services

exports, while strengthening anti-dumping defences to protect

Britain from the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump's

global tariff war.

- Amazon MGM Studios has tapped Denis Villeneuve to direct

the next James Bond film in a sign that the company is moving

quickly to revive the franchise just months after it took full

creative control from the Broccoli family.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)