Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The chaotic defection of Robert Jenrick, a pretender to the Conservative Party leadership, to Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK opens a battle for the future of the right in British politics. For the struggling Conservatives … Read more
Leaders of all of Britain’s main political parties have joined Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in criticising Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on European countries for resisting his attempts to annex Greenland. Trump’s intervention on Saturday night, which blindsided European leaders, poses major economic challenges for the UK’s fragile economy and also threatens to unravel … Read more
The unusually large and high-powered crowd gathering in Davos from Monday can be traced back to the persistence — and extensive Rolodex — of a single figure: BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink. Fink, who runs one of the most important financial institutions on Wall Street, drew on relationships built over decades to attract heads of … Read more
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia is targeting Ukrainian nuclear substations, in an effort to cut off heat and power while the country suffers its coldest winter since Moscow first invaded in 2014. With temperatures hitting minus 20C, Kyiv’s energy system, weakened by months of Russian aerial attacks, is teetering under the strain of … 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 It is tempting to say that the transatlantic alliance has hit rock bottom. Unfortunately, it could have a lot further to fall. Donald Trump’s threat to annex Greenland raised the once unthinkable prospect … Read more
France’s Emmanuel Macron has called for the EU to activate its most potent trade weapon against the US after President Donald Trump threatened to hit several European countries with extra tariffs in response to the dispute over Greenland. Trump on Saturday said the US would apply an additional 10 per cent levy on goods from … Read more
This article is an on-site version of the Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Welcome back. Next week marks a year since DeepSeek, a Chinese AI start-up, shocked Silicon Valley by … Read more
European defence stocks are enjoying a blistering start to 2026, as US threats to take control of Greenland and tensions with Venezuela reignite a rally in one of last year’s hottest equity market sectors. The Stoxx Europe Aerospace and Defence index has surged nearly 15 per cent this month, equivalent to more than one-quarter of … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Denmark’s investment fund plans to increase investments in Greenland and has a “huge appetite” to do more in the Arctic island that has been thrust into the spotlight by US President Donald Trump’s threats to … Read more
The world’s top business and political leaders are heading to the Swiss town of Davos next week for the 2026 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Given the elite networking event has been held in the Alpine resort since the 1970s, you might think it would by now be slickly organised and easy to … Read more