Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ashley St Clair, the influencer and mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has sued the billionaire’s AI company, accusing its Grok chatbot of creating fake sexual imagery of her without her consent. 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 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump on Thursday, but failed to secure any concessions as Washington continues to work with the remainder of Nicolás … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The universities of Durham and East London have seen the largest unexplained increase since 2010-11 in top grades, according to data that underlines concerns about so-called grade inflation. Regulators said that almost two-thirds more first-class … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The architect of the UK’s regulatory response to the financial crisis has accused the Bank of England of making a mistake by cutting its estimate of how much capital the banking system needs. Sir … Read more
On Thursday, a gleeful Nigel Farage thanked the Conservatives for handing him “on a plate” the man he called their “most popular figure”, as he told Tory MPs to follow Robert Jenrick’s lead by defecting to Reform UK. In switching allegiances, Jenrick is helping to reshape British politics, redrawing the battle lines over who will … 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 is the author of ‘Patriot of Persia’ and ‘In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs’ On January 16 1979, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi fled Iran with his wife, some jewels and a clod … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US banks myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley reported bumper earnings for the final quarter of 2025, capping Wall Street’s best year for investment banking in four years. Four of the five big US investment banks this week … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Revolut, Visa and Mastercard have lost a legal battle in the UK over a proposed regulatory cap on fees from international transactions. The High Court in London ruled on Thursday that the UK’s Payment … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The director of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office is stepping down halfway through his tenure, citing personal reasons for his decision to leave early. Nick Ephgrave, 59, said on Thursday that he has decided to … 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 Donald Trump has threatened to send the US military to quell protests in Minnesota, in what would be a major escalation in tensions with the state’s authorities a week after a federal immigration … Read more