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Iran attacks show the perils of following America’s economic lead

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world I wonder how Narendra Modi is feeling right now. Last month the Indian prime minister was coerced into agreeing a draft trade deal with Donald Trump, vaguely promising that India would stop buying … Read more

OpenAI pushes to add surveillance safeguards following Pentagon deal

OpenAI is negotiating additional safeguards with the US defence department intended to prevent mass surveillance of American citizens using its AI, as it implements the deal hastily announced on Friday. Sam Altman’s AI start-up has already changed the contractual wording around surveillance and is looking to add protections during the three-month implementation period for the … Read more

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Trump had ‘feeling’ Iran was going to attack US interests, White House says

Hizbollah’s chief has insisted the Iran-backed Shia militant group’s volley of rockets was not what sparked Israel’s offensive in Lebanon. Rather, Israel would have eventually launched an attack against Hizbollah no matter what, Naim Qassem argued. “What Israel did after the rocket volley was not a response but rather a pre-prepared aggression,” Qassem said in … Read more

Elon Musk battles Twitter market manipulation case in court appearance

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Elon Musk has acknowledged that the tweet at the centre of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit over his $44bn acquisition of Twitter “may not have been my wisest” as the world’s richest man defends himself from allegations … Read more

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