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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain is to hold new talks with Brussels about joining a multibillion-euro EU defence fund, as both sides seek to deepen military and economic co-operation after this week’s near-breakdown of transatlantic relations with the US. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer, a former British diplomat specialising in China, is a fellow of the Council on Geostrategy and the Royal United Services Institute Plans for a new Chinese embassy in London have gained government approval … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. David Lockwood, the head of Babcock International and architect of a turnaround that transformed the defence contractor into one of the UK’s best stock market performers, will retire at the end of this year. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Gold is on course for its best week in nearly six years and the dollar its worst since June, after the Greenland crisis sent investors looking for safe alternatives to the US currency amid renewed … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Downing Street has said US President Donald Trump was “wrong” to claim that Nato troops avoided frontline combat in the war in Afghanistan in the latest signs of strain in the relationship between … Read more
The morning after striking a deal with Donald Trump over Greenland that appeared to have eased the biggest crisis in transatlantic relations for decades, Mark Rutte was revelling in his now gold-plated reputation as Europe’s ultimate Trump whisperer. “The president and I agreed to implement his vision — which I think is spot on,” the … Read more
Ministers should be more openly grateful to donors for large gifts to UK arts institutions, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum has said, as he urged Rachel Reeves to do more to bring generous non-doms back. Sir Tristram Hunt told the FT that a flight of London’s wealthiest after tax changes in the … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world One of the remarkable things about the Donald Trump administration is how keen corporate executives are to avoid the US president’s wrath. Some have U-turned on past unsupportive remarks. Many have paid tribute … Read more
Netflix co-chief executive Greg Peters has said it is on track to win the backing of Warner Bros Discovery shareholders for its $82.7bn offer for the company’s film and television studios, adding that Paramount’s rival bid “doesn’t pass the sniff test”. In an interview with the FT, Peters said only a “very small” number of … Read more