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Hong Kong convicts Jimmy Lai in national security trial

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hong Kong’s High Court has found billionaire media mogul Jimmy Lai guilty on charges of conspiring to commit sedition and foreign collusion, in the most closely watched trial since Beijing’s crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy … Read more

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UK property asking prices down £2,000 from a year ago

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK house prices myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Asking prices for UK homes are £2,000 lower than at the end of last year following uncertainty around property tax rises in the lead-up to the Budget. The average price of a property coming … Read more

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UK plans curb on freeholders blocking broadband cabling in flats

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Flat owners will find it easier to upgrade their broadband under UK government plans to limit the ability of freeholders to block cabling work, as ministers try to address one of the final hurdles to … Read more

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France tries to delay EU-Mercosur trade deal

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the EU trade myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. France is pushing to delay a vote to approve a trade deal next week between the EU and Mercosur group of South American countries, in a move that European diplomats warned could derail the pact. … Read more

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How the EU can make the single market work better

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The EU’s single market is called the jewel in the bloc’s crown. Together with the single currency and the Schengen passport-free travel area, it represents one of history’s most consequential voluntary efforts to share sovereignty. … Read more

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Brussels is finally flexing its muscle on Russian assets

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There was a time when the EU was described as an economic giant but a political dwarf on the world stage. Most of the bloc was content with that condition. Economic heft, they felt, substituted … Read more

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Investors seek protection from risk of AI debt bust

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Trading in products that pay out when companies default is soaring as investors hunt for ways to protect their portfolios against the risk that the artificial intelligence boom turns into a bust. Volumes in so-called … Read more

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