Subscribe to read

To read this article for free Register now Once registered, you can: • Read free articles • Get our Editor’s Digest and other newsletters • Follow topics and set up personalised events • Access Alphaville: our popular markets and finance blog

Subscribe to read

To read this article for free Register now Once registered, you can: • Read free articles • Get our Editor’s Digest and other newsletters • Follow topics and set up personalised events • Access Alphaville: our popular markets and finance blog

Israeli strikes displace hundreds of thousands across Lebanon

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Lebanon is buckling under a second wave of mass displacement by Israel in two years as authorities struggle to restrain Hizbollah and curb rising domestic tensions.  Heavy Israeli strikes and widespread evacuation orders displaced hundreds … Read more

Gilts sell off sharply on fears of inflation from Iran war

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The gilt market suffered a brutal sell-off on Friday as war in the Middle East stoked inflation fears, sending the UK’s borrowing costs spiralling higher and putting pressure back on the public finances. The yield … Read more

Hargreaves Lansdown postpones fee rises, but only for ‘valued’ clients

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hargreaves Lansdown is delaying a set of controversial fee rises, but only for a select group of what it calls “valued clients”. The UK’s largest investment platform has written to some of its 2mn clients … Read more

Oil surges above $90 a barrel for first time in Iran war

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Global oil prices surged above $90 a barrel on Friday as more Middle Eastern crude production headed for a shutdown and investors braced for a protracted conflict in the Gulf. US President Donald Trump warned that … Read more

Subscribe to read

To read this article for free Register now Once registered, you can: • Read free articles • Get our Editor’s Digest and other newsletters • Follow topics and set up personalised events • Access Alphaville: our popular markets and finance blog

Iran hits Amazon data centres in jolt to Gulf AI drive

The rapid expansion of American-owned data centres in the Middle East has opened up a new front for Iran’s retaliation against the US, complicating Gulf ambitions to build multibillion-dollar AI facilities in the region. Drone strikes on Amazon Web Services facilities this week in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain highlight the vulnerability of cloud … Read more

Subscribe to read

To read this article for free Register now Once registered, you can: • Read free articles • Get our Editor’s Digest and other newsletters • Follow topics and set up personalised events • Access Alphaville: our popular markets and finance blog