PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - June 26

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 SHEL.L has denied it is in discussions to buy rival BP BP.L 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.