France’s riots expose the impotence of its political class (www.ft.com)
US prosecutors allege Saudi royal links in OpenAI bugging case (www.ft.com)
Indonesia expels tightly held companies from Jakarta index in bid to avoid MSCI downgrade (www.ft.com)
EU drops push for global ban on Arctic drilling (www.ft.com)
CME plans tungsten futures as demand for weapons rises (www.ft.com)
India’s democracy once went looking for voters. Not any more (www.ft.com)
Data centres need protection from drone warfare (www.ft.com)
Australian MP struck by car in alleged attack (www.ft.com)
Saudi Arabia to postpone in-person ‘Davos in the desert’ event after Houthi attacks (www.ft.com)
Violent protests spread from France to Italy and Belgium (www.ft.com)
The best exhibitions to see in London this weekend (www.ft.com)
FTSE 100 newcomer Ithaca warns of halt to investment if Rosebank blocked (www.ft.com)
Uber defeats High Court lawsuit brought by London’s black-cab drivers (www.ft.com)
US defence stocks tumble as investors bet on Democratic election sweep (www.ft.com)
Indonesia’s market is dysfunctional, not uninvestable (www.ft.com)
Is smart farming really smart business? (www.ft.com)
Angel’s Bone — a brilliant, bruising season opener for the beleaguered ENO (www.ft.com)
UN to cut food aid to 500,000 Gazans over funding shortfall (www.ft.com)
The self-destructive wishful thinking about European autos and trade (www.ft.com)
Freshfields apologises ‘unreservedly’ over Middle East comments in email leak (www.ft.com)
Zelenskyy, Europe and the end of Trump whispering (www.ft.com)
Ukraine receives partial intelligence on Russian ballistic missile strikes (www.ft.com)
US grocery giants head to court in 9bn battle over failed merger (www.ft.com)
PwC revenue growth trails Deloitte and EY (www.ft.com)
Iranian hardliners say the time for nuclear weapons has come (www.ft.com)
Swinney tests limits of Burnham’s devolution pitch to Scotland (www.ft.com)
Macron rejects interior minister’s resignation after French riots (www.ft.com)
Japan leads mission to make first return trip to Mars (www.ft.com)
US stocks set for rebound after AI sell-off (www.ft.com)
‘Frenzy’ in Australian deals as investors swoop on cheap assets (www.ft.com)
Has America’s wave of anti-globalisation populism peaked? (www.ft.com)
US envoy hopes for ‘prosperous’ Europe (www.ft.com)
FirstFT: Bank of England scrutinises Barclays (www.ft.com)
Hollywood recasts tech tycoons as bad billionaires (www.ft.com)
BoE scrutinises Barclays over claim traders misrepresented private credit exposure (www.ft.com)
Five things business wants from the Budget (www.ft.com)
Luxury ‘dupe’ retailer Quince enters UK market (www.ft.com)
A mother’s quest to find out how her daughter was poisoned by lead (www.ft.com)
The sushi restaurant Tokyoites travel three hours to for lunch (www.ft.com)
Rising interest rates derail property recovery as buyers recut deals (www.ft.com)
Degree apprenticeships plateau as employers confront increased hiring costs (www.ft.com)
Americans are unhappy. How will they vote in the midterms? (www.ft.com)
French government in crisis mode after a weekend of riots (www.ft.com)
Burnham always wants to look like he’s listening, especially when he isn’t (www.ft.com)
China’s economy expands 4.5% in third quarter (www.ft.com)
Private equity finds next Asian frontier (www.ft.com)
Anthropic commits 5% of shares to ‘public benefit’ fund (www.ft.com)
Flight from Tel Aviv diverted after ‘threat’ (www.ft.com)
US rate rises are being amplified in global markets (www.ft.com)
Evercore appoints co-presidents for the first time in leadership reshuffle (www.ft.com)
Macron faces political firestorm after riots (www.ft.com)
Trump to begin transforming historic golf course despite court order (www.ft.com)
US army chief in Asia calls for show of enhanced military muscle (www.ft.com)
Trump endorses Netanyahu ahead of Israeli elections (www.ft.com)
City of London Corporation weighs tax rises and service cuts to plug 70mn budget hole (www.ft.com)
Crunch time for Brazilian politics (www.ft.com)
US threatens Europe over Starlink restrictions (www.ft.com)
Trump’s bid to make America cheap again has failed (www.ft.com)
Treasury introduces new security measures in bid to stop UK Budget leaks (www.ft.com)
Egypt’s Sisi sets out plan for military to train his successors (www.ft.com)
‘The Switzerland of North America’: Albertans vote on leaving Canada (www.ft.com)
Saudi helicopter crash kills two troops near Yemen border (www.ft.com)
Will Meta’s earnings restore confidence in the AI boom? (www.ft.com)
France reels after ‘unprecedented’ violent riots (www.ft.com)
St Petersburg endures biggest Ukrainian drone attack (www.ft.com)
Not every billionaire is a policy failure (www.ft.com)
Trump’s losing battle with green energy (www.ft.com)
Could Republicans prove the pollsters wrong in the midterms? (www.ft.com)
Accenture looks to sell Chinese operations for up to 1.5bn (www.ft.com)
Several dead and injured in fire at Alberta military base (www.ft.com)
‘Cash is making a comeback’ in digital India (www.ft.com)
Why we just can’t quit the site formerly known as Twitter (www.ft.com)
How Perella Weinberg’s M&A dream died (www.ft.com)
Is American democracy safe? Martin Wolf on the US midterms (www.ft.com)
Far-right election gains threaten Germany’s investment drive (www.ft.com)
Arab Israeli voters aim to eject Netanyahu (www.ft.com)
How YouTubers finance their videos (www.ft.com)
The US needs a social compact on data centres (www.ft.com)
Why London looks better than ever for a business shindig (www.ft.com)
Latvia calls for visa ban on Russians (www.ft.com)
Russian ‘shadow fleet’ fakes locations to appear in two places at once (www.ft.com)
The Trump administration has entered its utter shambles era (www.ft.com)
America’s 10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray (www.ft.com)
Europe must liberate Belgium from its huge Russian assets risk (www.ft.com)
The world’s fastest-growing cities are not where you think (www.ft.com)
Anthropic turns to lawyers to help AI agents strike deals (www.ft.com)
Global economy set for AI-driven surge, FT survey suggests (www.ft.com)
Listings in south-east Asia gain momentum with 1bn IPO (www.ft.com)
White House chaos overshadows Trump’s midterms push (www.ft.com)
Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank (www.ft.com)
Protesters clash with police in Paris and Marseille (www.ft.com)
Zelenskyy says Starlink speed limits in Ukraine are a ‘planned operation’ (www.ft.com)
Lula turns to selfie videos in election fightback (www.ft.com)
Corporate donations flood US attorneys-general election races (www.ft.com)
Europe Express Weekend: Where are Zelenskyy’s friends (when he needs them)? (www.ft.com)
Chart of the Week: The chip stock split (www.ft.com)
The dress rehearsal for an AI reckoning (www.ft.com)
The Man City theory of politics (www.ft.com)
This earnings season, what CEOs say matters more than what they’ve done (www.ft.com)
Houthis encircle new target in conflict with Saudi-backed forces (www.ft.com)
US university offers cut-price UK degree for international students (www.ft.com)
What is behind the surprising resilience of the UK economy? (www.ft.com)
UK dividend payments jump 14% in a year (www.ft.com)
HMRC claws back nearly 500mn in underpaid capital gains (www.ft.com)
Why have screens replaced socialising? (www.ft.com)
Hong Kong’s wine boom, uncorked (www.ft.com)
The summer that remade the Middle East (www.ft.com)
Could you cut it as a commercial landlord? (www.ft.com)
‘Inflation will make people poor’: Airlines brace for years of pain (www.ft.com)
Are we sleepwalking into World War III? (www.ft.com)
The AI El Niño (www.ft.com)
An autumn adventure at a kasbah in the clouds (www.ft.com)
Martin Wolf on the US midterms: Is American democracy safe? (www.ft.com)
Trump exempts Russia from further sanctions mandated by new law (www.ft.com)
SoftBank in talks to buy US security group Allied Universal (www.ft.com)
North Korea gets closer to China and Russia with new bridges (www.ft.com)
Anthropic offers Blackstone double-digit yield in latest chip financing (www.ft.com)
Healey says new Heathrow runway would boost ‘growth’ despite Burnham wavering (www.ft.com)
Apple blames ‘extraordinary’ demand as foldable iPhones sell out (www.ft.com)
Brent hits 5-month high above 110 on continued tension in Middle East (www.ft.com)
Rich make millions by flipping private jets (www.ft.com)
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians carrying out olive harvest in West Bank (www.ft.com)
It’s nearly FT Alphaville''s 20th birthday. We did a chart show to celebrate! (www.ft.com)
Alexandr Wang, Meta’s AI wunderkind (www.ft.com)
US illegal border crossings from Mexico near 60-year low (www.ft.com)
Olly Robbins wins payout over Mandelson scandal sacking (www.ft.com)
Fuel-price surge turbocharges global EV sales and spells end for diesel in Europe (www.ft.com)
Italy secures EU deal to lower its electricity prices (www.ft.com)
Trump urges his new press secretary to ‘reconsider’ the role (www.ft.com)
Looming UK tax rise puts bankers on edge (www.ft.com)
Welfare reform is possible: we did it before, we can do it again (www.ft.com)
Apple set for UK legal fight over iPhone tap-to-pay rules (www.ft.com)
Andy Burnham urges SNP’s John Swinney to team up on devolving jobs support (www.ft.com)
Trump has failed to listen to voters on inflation (www.ft.com)
The hunt for Fed October (www.ft.com)
India police detain ‘Cockroach’ leader again to head off new protests (www.ft.com)
Citi becomes latest US bank to restrict AI agents from accessing accounts (www.ft.com)
Lufthansa exploring sale of software assets in 1bn deal (www.ft.com)
France and Germany seal EU car deal (www.ft.com)
Carmakers face smaller cut in UK EV sales targets (www.ft.com)
China unveils draft export controls on AI technologies and chips (www.ft.com)
The new unequivocal Zelenskyy (www.ft.com)
Starlink spectrum deal piles Elon Musk’s plate ever higher (www.ft.com)
World’s oldest gunmaker expands American foothold after boardroom tussle (www.ft.com)
Burnham: straight-talker or loose cannon? (www.ft.com)
Shareholders should have a say on making AI safe (www.ft.com)
How Africa’s ‘wall’ to hold back the desert unravelled (www.ft.com)
The once-obscure tech at the heart of the green energy trade war (www.ft.com)
In Bangkok, central bankers push back on market rate-tightening bets (www.ft.com)
Sizing that ‘unlimited’ insurance capital (www.ft.com)
Treasuries head for best week since February as AI jitters halt bond rout (www.ft.com)
Should I be stockpiling for an emergency? (www.ft.com)
Republicans turn on Trump’s tariffs in battle for ‘political survival’ (www.ft.com)
‘We’re potty for vintage Polo Ralph Lauren’ (www.ft.com)
No, Sally Rooney’s books are not ‘banned’ from the UK (www.ft.com)
EU vows to maintain Russia sanctions after US pivot (www.ft.com)
G7 economies plan simulated AI attacks on banks as cyber fears rise (www.ft.com)
Hiding from the everything trade (www.ft.com)
Dollar weakens as Fed’s Warsh declines to hint at October rate rise (www.ft.com)
EU resists bid to weaken emissions rules as leaders spar over energy costs (www.ft.com)
The data centre IPO debacle that sparked a market meltdown (www.ft.com)
FirstFT: Healey signals tax raid on banks in UK Budget (www.ft.com)
Young people to get less cash but more job support under Milburn welfare plan (www.ft.com)
Wall Street’s AI wobbles (www.ft.com)
Anthropic secured highest junk credit rating in June (www.ft.com)
Airlines should give up their fuel-hedging dogfight (www.ft.com)
What do the Houthis want? (www.ft.com)
Canary Wharf developer George Iacobescu overseeing new London skyscraper (www.ft.com)
Has London’s 5bn ‘super sewer’ improved water quality in the Thames? (www.ft.com)
UK government courted UBS over London HQ move (www.ft.com)
The secret fight around financial flows (www.ft.com)
US business leaders are waking up to the perils of plutopopulism (www.ft.com)
How Trump’s America fell in love with UFC (www.ft.com)
The perfect artist’s studio? An attic in Paris (www.ft.com)
What the espresso pot says about Italian capitalism (www.ft.com)
‘Early days’ to see full effect of energy prices on inflation, BoE’s Bailey says (www.ft.com)
Tesla unveils ‘flying’ sports car with SpaceX rocket thrusters (www.ft.com)
India’s largest FDI in the banking sector (www.ft.com)
MSCI warns it may cut Indonesia from main indices (www.ft.com)
Netflix replaces chief content officer in effort to arrest declining share price (www.ft.com)
Trump weighs easing restrictions on Russian and Iranian ‘shadow fleet’ (www.ft.com)
How India lost more than 100mn voters (www.ft.com)
Fifa president Gianni Infantino apologises for failed investment plan (www.ft.com)
Meta and Apple team up on AI model tailored for Mac computers (www.ft.com)
Commercial goods blocked from entry into Gaza (www.ft.com)
Anthropic grants non-profit METR ‘employee-like’ access to monitor AI risks (www.ft.com)
Harvard endowment returns surge on back of AI and SpaceX investments (www.ft.com)
Healey signals bank tax raid in UK Budget (www.ft.com)
Bankers and advisers set for 334mn easyJet payout (www.ft.com)
Criminals stole 90mn of crypto by hiding password readers in USB-like devices (www.ft.com)
Risk of an AI crunch for stock markets is rising (www.ft.com)
Europe cannot rely on trade barriers to counter China (www.ft.com)
In AI-dominated markets, LatAm debt is a diversifier (www.ft.com)
Mercuria adds first copper to US Project Vault stockpile (www.ft.com)
Hold philanthropists accountable when their projects fail (www.ft.com)
Former Everton bidder Josh Wander to plead guilty in US fraud case (www.ft.com)
Donald Trump rules out live-streamed execution (www.ft.com)
Monte dei Paschi should try the ‘just say maybe’ bid defence (www.ft.com)
Anglo American chief says tech giants show ‘deep interest’ in mining stakes (www.ft.com)
Thames Water’s senior creditors near deal with rivals to avoid court challenge (www.ft.com)
France and Germany to allow UK in EU car policy if it aligns on China tariffs (www.ft.com)
Investors dump data centre bonds as AI borrowers face ‘Darwin moment’ (www.ft.com)
Rising inflation piles pressure on US voters ahead of midterm elections (www.ft.com)
Labour to end power-sharing with Green councils that back ‘Zionism is Racism’ (www.ft.com)
Calls to scrap employer UK national insurance for under-25s rejected (www.ft.com)
The world according to fish soup (www.ft.com)
The housing plan for London is no plan at all (www.ft.com)
Germany’s Merz vows to fight on: ‘We are the firewall’ (www.ft.com)
How the Greens lost their party to the hard left (www.ft.com)
Credit Suisse bankers denied bonuses stripped after UBS takeover (www.ft.com)
Russia suspected of striking two tankers in Nato waters (www.ft.com)
Northern Ireland politician sentenced to 15 years in jail for child sex crimes (www.ft.com)
American Hagwon — lessons in the immigrant experience (www.ft.com)
Six must-see shows in Paris this autumn (www.ft.com)
Wave of Saudi Arabia events delayed after Houthi attacks (www.ft.com)
Reform UK councillors and candidates filmed making racist remarks (www.ft.com)
New ‘zero-click’ spyware hacked phones using targeted ads (www.ft.com)
Republicans fund midterms ad blitz as Democrats gain in polls (www.ft.com)
How to host a tea ceremony – Korean style (www.ft.com)
Macroeconomic policy must now do many things at once (www.ft.com)
CoreWeave better hurry up figuring out how to tap insurers for cash (www.ft.com)
EU leaders to urge Zelenskyy to rein in criticism of Trump (www.ft.com)
Healey promises to ‘stay the path’ on reducing UK deficit (www.ft.com)
Are the Lib Dem birds angry or just disappointed? (www.ft.com)
India approves biggest foreign takeover of domestic bank (www.ft.com)
TSMC profits surge amid relentless AI demand (www.ft.com)
Marsh to shoulder biggest chunk of Greensill settlement with Credit Suisse (www.ft.com)
UK economy grew 0.1 per cent in August (www.ft.com)
CPI comes in hot, AI goes cold (www.ft.com)
Soaring energy prices set to swamp EU summit and overshadow budget talks (www.ft.com)
Investors predict new record price for gold within two years (www.ft.com)
Zelenskyy doesn’t mince words about Trump (www.ft.com)
US inflation again set to be a crucial factor for the midterms (www.ft.com)
FirstFT: Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian refineries, Zelenskyy says (www.ft.com)
The man who would lead McKinsey (www.ft.com)
Private credit funds target English football clubs with player-backed loans (www.ft.com)
The UK’s Fastest-Growing Companies (www.ft.com)
Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian refineries, Zelenskyy says (www.ft.com)
FCA plans to embrace AI to automate financial regulation (www.ft.com)
London’s gold market enjoys the Trump effect (www.ft.com)
General Atlantic’s IPO ambitions (www.ft.com)
French debt worries spill into stocks, driving biggest underperformance since 2010 (www.ft.com)
Salmon producers start feeding chicken to fish (www.ft.com)
Oil majors face 32bn dilemma over Iran war windfall (www.ft.com)
Inheritance tax toll is mounting on UK family companies (www.ft.com)
Is the K-shaped economy really more of an E? (www.ft.com)
EU carmakers bet on nostalgia to fight Chinese EVs (www.ft.com)
How AI mega-rounds make life harder for VC firms (www.ft.com)
Why the people matter more than the pitch for growth companies (www.ft.com)
At the end of a 75km dirt track, an outback idyll awaits (www.ft.com)
The gangs, the guns and the battle for Brazil (www.ft.com)
UK’s resilient entrepreneurs prove growth is possible in the gloom (www.ft.com)
What’s at stake in the Saudi-Houthi conflict? (www.ft.com)
Zelenskyy on Trump''s relationship with Putin FT Interview (www.ft.com)
Brazil abolishes six-day workweek in win for Lula (www.ft.com)
‘We have to live with it’: Indonesia’s worst fires in years wreak havoc (www.ft.com)
Global tech sell-off deepens as Asian markets tumble (www.ft.com)
US floats unfreezing some Russian assets to restart Ukraine peace talks (www.ft.com)
Top UK law firms pull away from smaller rivals in race for profits (www.ft.com)
One in 6 UK disability benefit claimants should not receive cash, says think-tank (www.ft.com)
Tata battle has potential to reshape India Inc (www.ft.com)
OpenAI employee accused of bugging office booked one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia (www.ft.com)
Anthropic revenue jumps to 16.8bn in third quarter (www.ft.com)
Badenoch sounds ‘alarm’ on potential Budget tax raid on banks (www.ft.com)
Fed’s October Beige Book points to higher inflation (www.ft.com)
Perella Weinberg and Piper Sandler abandon merger talks (www.ft.com)
US chip stocks slide as inflation and AI debt fears unsettle investors (www.ft.com)
Ministers to launch statutory probe of English authority led by Ben Houchen (www.ft.com)
London charity trustee leads Iranian propaganda body, tribunal hears (www.ft.com)
Sally Rooney withdraws books from UK sale over support for Palestine Action (www.ft.com)
Palantir drops legal case against Sadiq Khan over cancelled 50mn contract (www.ft.com)
Healey’s Budget is a moment he must not miss (www.ft.com)
Freshfields partners explore carve-out of AI unit worth ‘billions’, leaked emails reveal (www.ft.com)
Burnham wants to ‘repair bridges’ between Trump and Zelenskyy (www.ft.com)
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Netflix to cut 1,000 jobs as growth concerns mount (www.ft.com)
Unshackle workers from non-compete clauses (www.ft.com)
This is an era of Davids, not Goliaths (www.ft.com)
He linked Saudi Arabia to Silicon Valley. Then OpenAI found a bug wrapped in toilet paper (www.ft.com)
Berkshire Hathaway adds 330mn to stake in tech group Bending Spoons (www.ft.com)
Hot September CPI inflation keeps Fed on course for further tightening (www.ft.com)
US inflation jumps to 3.7% as Iran war drives up prices (www.ft.com)
Global diesel prices set to rise again, warns IEA (www.ft.com)
Apple and OpenAI head to court in trade secrets battle (www.ft.com)
Why are European defence stocks not doing better? (www.ft.com)
BofA profits drop 17% after 1.2bn money laundering fine (www.ft.com)
Green Party split widens after deputy leader says controversial vote must be ‘respected’ (www.ft.com)
Marine Le Pen: ‘All the warning signs are flashing red’ (www.ft.com)
Meloni slams Trump’s diesel deal with Putin (www.ft.com)
Who should we leave our pensions to? (www.ft.com)
BlackRock pulls in 205bn to take assets to new record (www.ft.com)
General Atlantic plans early 2027 IPO at up to 10bn valuation (www.ft.com)
Turkish authorities take over country’s most-watched news channel (www.ft.com)
Crypto exchange Kraken owner to buy European bank (www.ft.com)
European oil refineries’ margins collapse as input costs soar (www.ft.com)
Government finally signals action on AI (www.ft.com)
Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps during Russian attack (www.ft.com)
AI demand to exceed supply for 2 more years, says ASML (www.ft.com)
Olympus shares plunge 13% after FDA warning (www.ft.com)
The rollout of 24-hour* trading (www.ft.com)