Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jeffrey Epstein asked an unidentified woman to buy a Snow White costume just weeks before he and former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley had an infamous exchange in which they discussed the Disney character. “I … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Property sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. An arm of construction company Laing O’Rourke has been found liable for £35mn worth of defects that have marred One Hyde Park, one of the UK’s most exclusive residential property schemes. The High Court in … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Oil prices fell sharply on Monday after US President Donald Trump said Iran was negotiating “seriously” with the US over its nuclear programme. Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell as much as 7.4 … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Prominent members of Norway’s elite, including the crown princess, a former prime minister who later headed the Nobel committee and the head of the World Economic Forum, have been ensnared by the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Higher guest spending at Disney’s theme park and cruise ship business pushed the company’s revenues higher in the last three months of 2025, but the company warned of potential “international visitor headwinds” at its US … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans. The memo, dubbed “Business Issues”, was … Read more
Lord Peter Mandelson has quit as a Labour Party member after newly released documents showed the former UK ambassador to the US and his partner receiving money from the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a statement, the peer said he felt “regretful and sorry” that he had again been linked to Epstein. Mandelson has … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jeffrey Epstein wired $150,000 to Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, in 2001, according to newly released financial records, after helping her to cash in share options earned from her work for Weight Watchers. … Read more
New Start treaty, which expires this week, capped the number of missiles and warheads in US and Russian arsenals
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK house prices myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. UK house prices ticked higher in January, partially reversing the December fall that was triggered by uncertainty around potential changes to property taxes in the autumn Budget. House prices rose 0.3 per cent month … Read more