FirstFT: Scott Bessent shrugs off ‘systemic’ AI risks at private event with investors (www.ft.com)
US orders some personnel to leave Saudi Arabia after Houthi attacks (www.ft.com)
Republicans head into midterms with huge spending advantage (www.ft.com)
GM aims to leapfrog rivals with new generation of autonomous cars (www.ft.com)
Tesla’s profits slip on weaker vehicle sales (www.ft.com)
Meta to create new non-voting share class (www.ft.com)
EU set to delay push for cheaper UK university fees for bloc’s students (www.ft.com)
Bessent shrugs off ‘systemic’ AI risks at closed-door investor conference (www.ft.com)
NSA warns on ‘critical’ cyber vulnerabilities detected using AI (www.ft.com)
Ghana in talks with European nations for reparations, president says (www.ft.com)
Italy’s buffalo mozzarella production grinds to a halt in truckers’ strike (www.ft.com)
Indonesia should heed MSCI’s warning (www.ft.com)
Tesla-SpaceX: a huge corporate constellation with Musk at its centre (www.ft.com)
Ohio governor’s campaign engulfed in controversy over attack ad (www.ft.com)
Reform reports ITV to police over undercover documentary (www.ft.com)
Who’s paying for the AI build-out? Probably you (www.ft.com)
Fridge hackers exploited ‘basic security flaws’ at French retailers (www.ft.com)
The 15bn ‘viral’ AI start-up changing how American doctors treat patients (www.ft.com)
Abbott to spin off nutrition unit at centre of baby formula lawsuits (www.ft.com)
Andy Burnham plans to cut standing charges from household gas bills (www.ft.com)
Dangote takes stake in Kenyan pipeline and pledges more ‘aggressive’ energy investment (www.ft.com)
Macron hits out at ‘stupid’ Trump remarks about riots in France (www.ft.com)
Hungary detains Orbán’s former central bank chief (www.ft.com)
Do memorials belong in train stations? (www.ft.com)
Middle East oil exports climb back to prewar levels (www.ft.com)
The ‘adults in the room’ won’t save you (www.ft.com)
Russia releases US citizen as Trump’s envoy visits (www.ft.com)
Musk’s SpaceX ambitions may be ‘dangerous’ for Europe, warns EU lawmaker (www.ft.com)
The rise of index vigilantes (www.ft.com)
WHO issues alert as Ebola spreads to west Africa (www.ft.com)
Iran FM: We are ready for diplomacy, but will defend ourselves (www.ft.com)
Iran war sparks heating crisis in US north-east as winter approaches (www.ft.com)
The far-right contender refusing to bow to Israel’s Netanyahu (www.ft.com)
Rockets, robots and risk: Musk’s 3.6tn gamble to merge Tesla and SpaceX (www.ft.com)
Burnham’s North Sea ‘pragmatism’ is no big shift from Starmer’s (www.ft.com)
UK’s biggest port operator valued at over 10bn in Australian fund purchase (www.ft.com)
France’s borrowing costs poised to hit 5% for first time since 2002 (www.ft.com)
Don’t underestimate Netflix’s power to flip the script (www.ft.com)
To replace Starlink, Europe will have to reawaken its animal spirits (www.ft.com)
UK September inflation fuels expectations of imminent BoE rate rise (www.ft.com)
Are index providers overstepping the mark? (www.ft.com)
UK government borrowing rises to 24.5bn ahead of Budget (www.ft.com)
The Indian mega-refinery drawing Rubio’s interest (www.ft.com)
UK inflation rose more than expected to 3.5% in September (www.ft.com)
Nscale boss seeks to reassure staff amid AI market jitters (www.ft.com)
Oh OK, we’ll write something about the new Truss book (www.ft.com)
Small caps: not a great AI hedge (www.ft.com)
World headed for warming of 2.8C, UN reports, and US emissions rise (www.ft.com)
Foreign diplomats queue for handshake with EU leaders (www.ft.com)
FirstFT: SpaceX and Tesla explore merger (www.ft.com)
UK’s top banking regulator to set targets with five-year strategy (www.ft.com)
Milan riots test Meloni’s law and order credentials (www.ft.com)
Healey to quash visa hopes for wealthy in UK Budget (www.ft.com)
The people shaping the Budget (www.ft.com)
Stratford moves closer to international rail upgrade with Budget boost (www.ft.com)
Andy Burnham cools on new towns project (www.ft.com)
Climate plans found to lower companies’ borrowing costs (www.ft.com)
Netflix’s 300bn problem: lack of hits piles pressure on streaming giant (www.ft.com)
EU probes pro-Kremlin disinformation around French riots (www.ft.com)
Recipe: Osteria Vibrato’s risotto bianco — beige food at its best (www.ft.com)
How much does it cost to be middle class? (www.ft.com)
A pre-Budget day guide to Britain’s bad taxes (www.ft.com)
Could Michigan elect America’s first Muslim senator? (www.ft.com)
Netanyahu pushes to resume strikes against Iran (www.ft.com)
Britain cannot build its future by returning to the 1970s (www.ft.com)
The joy of night walking (www.ft.com)
Irish ex-EU commissioner seeks Trump’s help to restore grain corridor (www.ft.com)
St John’s Wood is raising its head above the parapet (www.ft.com)
Paris’s Le Large fails to match the grandeur of its industrial past (www.ft.com)
Crypto exchanges race to offer prediction markets to US customers (www.ft.com)
Israel pushes to restart strikes against Iran (www.ft.com)
In charts: two years of Prabowo in Indonesia (www.ft.com)
China’s nightmare: becoming the next Japan (www.ft.com)
How China is breaking down the west’s battery walls (www.ft.com)
Australian data centre group falls 44% on profit warning (www.ft.com)
OpenAI ‘agents’ disabled their own monitoring systems (www.ft.com)
Joel Kaplan to step down as Meta global affairs chief (www.ft.com)
Lula fast-tracks Brazil welfare payments days before run-off vote (www.ft.com)
UK to approve development of Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea (www.ft.com)
Boeing wins approval for Max 10 jet in boost for turnaround efforts (www.ft.com)
UK bets on a boring budget (www.ft.com)
SpaceX’s data centre deals boost revenue by 161% (www.ft.com)
Netflix gives downbeat outlook as streaming hits dry up (www.ft.com)
Trump pledges to spend 400mn on Republican Party midterm campaigns (www.ft.com)
UAE official emerges as late contender to lead UN (www.ft.com)
Two rearrested over RAF Fairford incident on suspicion of helping Iranian intelligence (www.ft.com)
Who are the Black Bloc? (www.ft.com)
Merz warns over Berlin plans to seize landlords’ property (www.ft.com)
Britain’s budget should build on its economic resilience (www.ft.com)
US pending home sales fall to record low as mortgage rates surge (www.ft.com)
Can the Democrats win the Senate? (www.ft.com)
Is France spinning out of control? (www.ft.com)
Finnish president hails progress in talks about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine (www.ft.com)
For 14 Americans, will divisions under Trump change their vote? (www.ft.com)
Flutter to cut more than 1,000 jobs after UK gambling tax raid (www.ft.com)
Gilt market catches up with peers as investor worries over Budget ease (www.ft.com)
Is CoreWeave the Silicon Valley Bank of 2026? (www.ft.com)
Insurers face losses as riots in France become ‘like natural catastrophes’ (www.ft.com)
‘Protect the NHS’ slogan hurt care home residents in pandemic, inquiry finds (www.ft.com)
How the Hormuz crisis could trigger a global ‘food shock’ (www.ft.com)
UK to deploy jets to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks (www.ft.com)
Putin’s American friends (www.ft.com)
Nidec founder shut down call for accounting probe in 2017, report finds (www.ft.com)
Older Americans brace for higher healthcare costs ahead of midterms (www.ft.com)
The Dubai firm that promised 30% returns — then stopped paying (www.ft.com)
The hidden water crisis beneath the American west (www.ft.com)
Palazzo d’Italia, Tangier’s timeless trattoria, enters a new era (www.ft.com)
France to consider new curfews as restrictions help maintain peace (www.ft.com)
Restore forces Nigel Farage into an ugly race to his right (www.ft.com)
UK labour market rebounds with stronger employment (www.ft.com)
UK job vacancies slide over the summer (www.ft.com)
Alberta voters set to reject separation from Canada, early results show (www.ft.com)
Waiting for good IPO (www.ft.com)
What has actually battered the bond market? (www.ft.com)
Private jet charter costs from Saudi Arabia soar after Houthi attacks (www.ft.com)
Can Big Tech calm investors'' AI jitters? (www.ft.com)
Japan ‘months’ from running out of critical rare earth as China squeezes supply (www.ft.com)
The Goldman scions atop Evercore and Perella Weinberg (www.ft.com)
Angela Rayner’s local council rejects her new planning law (www.ft.com)
Microsoft gives data centre hopefuls a pre-IPO reality check (www.ft.com)
Romania to form a government after six months of crisis (www.ft.com)
Louis Vuitton and Hermès among luxury retailers looted in French riots (www.ft.com)
Musk vs the Swedish unions — who won? (www.ft.com)
The battle of the knee replacement robots (www.ft.com)
Is Andy Burnham’s devolution push an agenda for growth? (www.ft.com)
Hire more young people or face higher taxes, ex-M&S chief warns bosses (www.ft.com)
Iran war tilts balance of global oil power towards Americas (www.ft.com)
Why the UK government is living on borrowed time (www.ft.com)
AI debt worries spark surge in default insurance trading (www.ft.com)
Can Africa outgrow China? (www.ft.com)
UK Treasury expected to reignite ‘Project Fear’ row with EU study (www.ft.com)
Farmers look to ‘plough everything’ after failing to receive green subsidies (www.ft.com)
Britain’s 100,000 tax trap (www.ft.com)
Hedge funds and consultancies to overhaul structures after landmark tax ruling (www.ft.com)
How Uber became Brazil’s safety net — and Lula’s weak spot (www.ft.com)
Obsessed with . . . London-style pizza (www.ft.com)
Australian bank cuts 2,500 jobs as sector outlook sours (www.ft.com)
Data centre builder tumbles on trading debut (www.ft.com)
Activist Starboard targets Honeywell spin-off Solstice after failed megadeal (www.ft.com)
Ambani looks to pull off India’s biggest IPO (www.ft.com)
BYD is playing the long game in Japan (www.ft.com)
China’s villages pay the price for Beijing’s AI ambitions (www.ft.com)
Trump envoys to hold fresh Ukraine talks as energy crunch looms over midterms (www.ft.com)
Anthropic and Nscale in talks for second multibillion-dollar deal (www.ft.com)
Healey rules out increasing capital gains tax in the Budget (www.ft.com)
FirstFT: China’s economy picks up pace as AI boom supercharges exports (www.ft.com)
New York pensions chief says private equity firm sought to expense jet use (www.ft.com)
South Africa’s president eyes trade with China and India as US ties sour (www.ft.com)
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)