Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ministers have suffered a significant backbench rebellion against their plan to abolish jury trials for thousands of cases, but the legislation underpinning the proposal has comfortably passed its first big test in parliament. The government’s … Read more
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world For a moment this week, Donald Trump hinted that he was preparing for an off-ramp from the US’s war against Iran. The conflict, the US president said, was “very complete”. As intended, his … Read more
It begins with a Farsi-speaking voice scratching out of the static. “Tavajjoh! (Attention!),” he demands three times, before reading a steady stream of numbers: “Six. Four. Zero. Nine. Three. Nine.” Some content could not load. Check your internet connection or browser settings. The ghostly broadcasts have been sent out regularly over long-distance short wave radio … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Airlines myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Wizz Air has been hit by an “aggressive” wave of short selling after the budget airline warned that the Iran war would wipe out its profits this year, exacerbating concerns over its ability to compete with … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Labour government is paving the way to further scale back its digital ID proposals, such as excluding children and some personal data from the scheme, as it tries to make the controversial policy more … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The former chief executive of Crispin Odey’s hedge fund told the financial watchdog its founder was a “sex pest” and a “sociopath” with a “real problem” in his attitude to women, a court heard on … Read more
Manny Newman powered up the 10 screens on her desk in London’s South Kensington late on Sunday night, bracing for what would become the most volatile trading session the oil market has ever seen. Over the next 23 hours, the benchmark Brent crude price surged to as high as $119 a barrel before plunging to … Read more