Jair Bolsonaro backs son Flávio to lead Brazil’s rightwing movement (www.ft.com)
Reform UK strips council leader of membership over undisclosed X account (www.ft.com)
‘Ready to execute’: how Netflix stole Warner Bros from David Ellison (www.ft.com)
France intercepted drones flying over nuclear submarine base, defence minister says (www.ft.com)
Musk’s SpaceX targets 800bn valuation in latest share sale (www.ft.com)
Netflix’s WBD deal swaps history for fantasy, with a dose of high drama (www.ft.com)
Facial recognition technology used by UK police is biased, Home Office admits (www.ft.com)
Trump needs an off-ramp in Venezuela (www.ft.com)
The revival of Goldman’s dealmaking instincts (www.ft.com)
Dario Amodei, ‘safe AI’ evangelist eyes Anthropic IPO (www.ft.com)
KKR in talks to buy private equity sports pioneer Arctos (www.ft.com)
The crypto investor who gifted Nigel Farage an election war chest (www.ft.com)
EU demands no cap on youth mobility scheme with UK (www.ft.com)
A sgian-dubh bling enough for a king (www.ft.com)
Are Warner takeovers the harbingers of financial apocalypse? (www.ft.com)
Fog light (www.ft.com)
DR Congo to give US buyers mineral access after peace deal (www.ft.com)
Delayed PCE data for September will not derail December rate cut (www.ft.com)
Deals, donations and damage limitation (www.ft.com)
Europe’s fateful moment (www.ft.com)
German parliament approves pension bill as Merz quells rebellion (www.ft.com)
Reeves’ salary sacrifice changes to hit 3.3mn pension savers (www.ft.com)
‘Systemic failure’: Fury as tap water in Tunbridge Wells runs dry after treatment issue (www.ft.com)
Upstart hedge fund launches fresh attack on US regional banks (www.ft.com)
Robert Jenrick: ‘I’m unashamedly provincial in my attitudes’ (www.ft.com)
Putin and Modi vow deeper co-operation (www.ft.com)
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros studio and streaming business in 83bn deal (www.ft.com)
Israel-backed Gaza militia leader killed in armed clash (www.ft.com)
EU fines Elon Musk’s X 120mn for transparency violations (www.ft.com)
Hong Kong searches for answers and accountability after devastating blaze (www.ft.com)
How can I dodge the mansion tax? (www.ft.com)
US national security strategy calls for ‘cultivating resistance’ in Europe (www.ft.com)
India’s airports in chaos as largest airline cancels hundreds of flights (www.ft.com)
Lammy talks up customs union amid efforts to rebuild UK-EU ties (www.ft.com)
The idea that Labour MPs won’t back welfare reform is nonsense (www.ft.com)
Lily Cole: ‘The Galápagos Islands aren’t another planet. They’re our planet’ (www.ft.com)
Kroger scraps planned Ocado distribution centre in US (www.ft.com)
Taiwan blocks Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu (www.ft.com)
Warner Bros in exclusive talks with Netflix about studio and streaming sale (www.ft.com)
The US slowdown, and how it ends (www.ft.com)
Europeans may simply do it* better (www.ft.com)
Merz rushes to Brussels to twist De Wever’s arm on Ukraine loan (www.ft.com)
Introducing the FT ‘geopolitical mood’ index (www.ft.com)
Billionaire Drahi comes out fighting as creditors fall through ‘trap doors’ (www.ft.com)
The people who shaped the world this year (www.ft.com)
Big Four maintains stranglehold on UK audits (www.ft.com)
India cuts interest rates amid soaring growth and low inflation (www.ft.com)
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund blues (www.ft.com)
Fifa to award ‘peace prize’ after Trump pipped to Nobel (www.ft.com)
Merz jets to Belgium to secure frozen Russian assets plan (www.ft.com)
Zipcar’s UK departure leaves users stranded (www.ft.com)
Will the UK and EU choose to be partners or rivals? (www.ft.com)
There’s a black hole where central banks’ theory of inflation should be (www.ft.com)
US stocks set for double-digit gains in 2026, say Wall Street banks (www.ft.com)
‘Why are we letting this guy go?’ Trump’s pardons upend US justice system (www.ft.com)
Why French leveraged buyouts are caving in like camembert (www.ft.com)
What eight FT journalists recommend you read to understand Washington right now (www.ft.com)
Chinese challenger to Nvidia surges fivefold in market debut (www.ft.com)
Supreme Court allows Texas electoral map that favours Republicans (www.ft.com)
How the rupee became Asia’s worst performing currency (www.ft.com)
Babiš cedes control of his agricultural business to return as Czech premier (www.ft.com)
US PE firm halts sale of gas driller after Abu Dhabi sovereign fund suit (www.ft.com)
FirstFT: US bipartisan bill seeks to block Nvidia sales of advanced chips to China (www.ft.com)
General Dynamics manager blames crews for Ajax armoured vehicle problems (www.ft.com)
US admiral briefs lawmakers on second strike on alleged drug boat (www.ft.com)
US senators seek to block Nvidia sales of advanced chips to China (www.ft.com)
FBI arrests suspect in failed January 6 pipe bomb attack (www.ft.com)
Trustpilot shares plummet after short seller alleges ‘mafia-style’ practices (www.ft.com)
Private equity’s hot ‘continuation’ trade leaves some feeling singed (www.ft.com)
Pete Hegseth is unfit to lead the Pentagon (www.ft.com)
Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands to boycott Eurovision as Israel retained (www.ft.com)
Farage brands BBC ‘despicable’ after tense clash over antisemitism allegations (www.ft.com)
UK pension funds sell UK equities shocker (www.ft.com)
FCA to grant provisional licences to financial start-ups to help them launch faster (www.ft.com)
OpenAI’s ‘code red’ moment (www.ft.com)
NHS under pressure to reduce number of private sector operations (www.ft.com)
Jacinda Ardern’s rocky premiership made movie in Prime Minister — film review (www.ft.com)
Take an architectural tour of Cairo with Salem Charabi (www.ft.com)
Lead developer of major Scottish carbon capture project to sell stake (www.ft.com)
Federica Mogherini resigns from College of Europe amid fraud probe (www.ft.com)
Meta to slash spending on metaverse as it shifts focus to AI (www.ft.com)
BP in advanced talks to sell 8bn Castrol unit to US group Stonepeak (www.ft.com)
Bargain hunting shoppers boost sales outlooks for US dollar stores (www.ft.com)
Big Four maintain stranglehold on biggest UK audits (www.ft.com)
The US may be running the wrong AI race (www.ft.com)
Bayern Munich held talks over selling stake to private equity firm EQT (www.ft.com)
Lloyds chief heralds AI-blockchain tie-up that could transform UK homebuying (www.ft.com)
EU to review tariffs on Volkswagen’s EVs made in China (www.ft.com)
Bond investors raise the alarm about Trump’s pick to lead the Fed (www.ft.com)
Brussels backs softer regime for gene-edited plants (www.ft.com)
City watchdog rules out market abuse probe into Rachel Reeves (www.ft.com)
Putin authorised operation that led to fatal 2018 novichok poisoning, inquiry finds (www.ft.com)
Labour is slow-marching working people to populism (www.ft.com)
UK workers set to get unlimited compensation for unfair dismissal (www.ft.com)
Palaver by Bryan Washington — a beautiful, hopeful story of pain and redemption (www.ft.com)
New York Times sues Pentagon over new press restrictions (www.ft.com)
UK businesses cut jobs at fastest pace since 2021 while builders report steep downturn (www.ft.com)
Analysts’ Views: Fed will cut in December but 2026 uncertainty remains high (www.ft.com)
UK government ‘subverting democracy’ by delaying four mayoral elections in England (www.ft.com)
Soaring growth puts India’s central bank in tough spot (www.ft.com)
Italian writers decry fascist rehabilitation at top book fair (www.ft.com)
UK government orders review into rising diagnoses of mental health conditions (www.ft.com)
Witkoff to meet Ukrainians after fruitless Putin talks (www.ft.com)
Formula milk changes underscore importance of evidence-based policy (www.ft.com)
China says it is ‘actively’ issuing rare earths general licences (www.ft.com)
AJ Bell boss warns over ‘absolutely bonkers’ Isa charge (www.ft.com)
Reform UK gets record 9mn donation from Christopher Harborne (www.ft.com)
‘Too hot to handle’: climate change pushing Arab region to limits, says WMO (www.ft.com)
Ofgem green lights 28bn investment in UK energy infrastructure (www.ft.com)
Stocks’ irrational rate-cut rally (www.ft.com)
South-east Asia’s EV acceleration and Japan’s data centre bottlenecks (www.ft.com)
Luxembourg lashes out at Germany and Brussels over border checks (www.ft.com)
FirstFT: Investors uneasy about Fed chair frontrunner (www.ft.com)
Macron warns of ‘disintegration’ risk to world order in Xi meeting (www.ft.com)
Bill Gates warns aid cuts are killing children under 5 (www.ft.com)
Europe’s budget airlines plan Ukraine return (www.ft.com)
EU to launch antitrust probe into Meta over use of AI in WhatsApp (www.ft.com)
Europe exhausts legal tricks on frozen Russian assets (www.ft.com)
France must cut spending to tackle deficit, urges state auditor (www.ft.com)
UK universities restricting recruitment of Bangladeshi and Pakistani students (www.ft.com)
The UK stock market concentration problem (www.ft.com)
EU climate chief criticises China, India and Saudi pushback on carbon tax (www.ft.com)
Trump to host Rwanda and DR Congo leaders in peace push (www.ft.com)
Why the Taliban is coming in from the cold (www.ft.com)
Executive pay has gone galactic (www.ft.com)
The conglomerate dominating Abu Dhabi’s economy (www.ft.com)
Merlin Labron-Johnson, the Michelin-starred chef who bakes gifts (www.ft.com)
Washington’s best cocktails, according to its bartenders (www.ft.com)
Splits in the Maga movement (www.ft.com)
Wall Street frets over Hassett as potential Fed chair (www.ft.com)
How will a rise in Japanese interest rates affect global markets? (www.ft.com)
US halted plans to sanction Chinese spy agency to maintain trade truce (www.ft.com)
Japanese 10-year bond yields rise to highest level since 2007 (www.ft.com)
Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s Signal use put troops at risk (www.ft.com)
Abu Dhabi sovereign fund accuses US PE firm of self-dealing in lawsuit (www.ft.com)
First Brands creditor says ‘a lot of people made a lot of money’ from bankrupt group (www.ft.com)
How Brendan Nelson became HSBC’s stop-gap chair (www.ft.com)
Trump doubles down on claims of affordability ‘hoax’ (www.ft.com)
Trump proposes slashing fuel efficiency goals for US vehicles (www.ft.com)
Stephen Witt wins FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year (www.ft.com)
Meta poaches senior Apple designer Dye to support AI glasses push (www.ft.com)
Ovo founder aims to retake control after proposing 200mn investment (www.ft.com)
Putin meets Modi to talk oil, arms and Trump tariffs (www.ft.com)
UK Treasury launches inquiry into pre-Budget leaks (www.ft.com)
Reform UK launches investigation into council leader over social media posts (www.ft.com)
The marketplace has superseded diplomacy in Ukraine talks (www.ft.com)
UK explores tougher laws on AI chatbots (www.ft.com)
Anthropic’s IPO pitch: helpful, honest, harmless and hulking (www.ft.com)
Bond investors warned US Treasury over picking Hassett as Fed chair (www.ft.com)
Britain’s big experiment with taxing EVs (www.ft.com)
Trump tracker: the latest data on US tariffs, trade and economy (www.ft.com)
Sterling jumps as business survey triggers unwinding of negative bets (www.ft.com)
Binance names co-founder Yi He as co-chief executive (www.ft.com)
Starmer rules out rejoining EU customs union but steps up ‘reset’ efforts (www.ft.com)
ECB urges Meloni party to rethink declaring Italy’s gold ‘belongs to the people’ (www.ft.com)
Billingsgate and Smithfield to move to east London’s Royal Docks (www.ft.com)
Blue Owl executives and staff bought 200mn in shares after sell-off (www.ft.com)
The food industry must face up to nature-related risk (www.ft.com)
The economic miracle of China’s midday naps (www.ft.com)
EU pushes magnet recycling to cut reliance on China (www.ft.com)
Delta Air Lines warns of 200mn hit to profit from government shutdown (www.ft.com)
Generative AI’s rapid journey through the ‘hype cycle’ (www.ft.com)
US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November (www.ft.com)
Brussels floats ‘emergency’ powers to raise 210bn from Russian assets (www.ft.com)
Eli Lilly not yet ready to unfreeze UK investments, says pharma boss (www.ft.com)
Starmer proposes trip to China in January (www.ft.com)
The rise of unpopular populism (www.ft.com)
Why wealth taxes are back in the spotlight (www.ft.com)
UK houses are not getting more affordable, despite what the data shows (www.ft.com)
Russia strengthens financial ties to China with first renminbi bond (www.ft.com)
India reverses order to install government app on all smartphones (www.ft.com)
Ministers explore national security exemption to ban on ransom payments (www.ft.com)
Trafigura says China oil demand to hit multiyear low in 2026 (www.ft.com)
Talk of a Reform-Conservative pact no longer far-fetched (www.ft.com)
EU agrees full ban on all Russian gas imports by 2027 (www.ft.com)
Thames Water revenues surge on the back of higher bills (www.ft.com)
South Korea raises foreign bond cap to prepare for 350bn US investment (www.ft.com)
RIP QT; long live ‘reserve management purchases’ (www.ft.com)
EU to propose tapping 210bn in Russian assets for Ukraine loan (www.ft.com)
Read the COP small print (www.ft.com)
The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Maga man and Mamdani (www.ft.com)
Defying death: The longevity lab (www.ft.com)
Most UK adults have not told partners about spending in past year (www.ft.com)
Eurosceptic Slovak leader targets whistleblowers in latest crackdown (www.ft.com)
Start-ups promise to catch bugs in AI-generated software (www.ft.com)
Taxpayers to contribute more than 3bn to Lower Thames Crossing (www.ft.com)
Nike, Lacoste and Superdry ads banned for ‘greenwashing’ (www.ft.com)
Netanyahu’s coalition roiled by ultraorthodox conscription bill (www.ft.com)
Bitcoin faithful prepare for a bitter winter (www.ft.com)
Brussels pushes for 70% of critical goods to be ‘made in Europe’ (www.ft.com)
The super-rich who move for tax, and then move again (www.ft.com)
Governments cast a hungry eye over public piggy banks (www.ft.com)
India lags emerging markets by widest margin in three decades (www.ft.com)
Advice to Elon Musk from Britain’s aristocrats (www.ft.com)
Take part in our survey: Europe’s Best Employers 2026 (www.ft.com)
The hunt for copper to wire the AI boom (www.ft.com)
The EU single market’s elephant in the room (www.ft.com)
Trump Jr-backed start-up scores 600mn US federal government deal (www.ft.com)
Where José Andrés eats in Washington DC (www.ft.com)
Students embrace AI as schools tread carefully (www.ft.com)
Military aims to use AI to reshape the battlefield (www.ft.com)
UK banks turn to AI for fraud prevention and to improve services (www.ft.com)
HSBC appoints Brendan Nelson as chair (www.ft.com)
HSBC chief pledges to be ‘ruthless’ in elevating bank to top 5 status (www.ft.com)
Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races OpenAI to go public (www.ft.com)
China spy case report criticises UK government and prosecutors as ‘shambolic’ (www.ft.com)
Pete Hegseth invokes ‘fog of war’ as backlash grows over strikes on boats (www.ft.com)
American Eagle lifts outlook as Sydney Sweeney campaign boosts sales (www.ft.com)
Talks between Russia and US on Ukraine were useful but work remains, says Putin aide (www.ft.com)
EQT and Omers outline plan to refinance German broadband company (www.ft.com)
FirstFT: India orders government-developed app to be installed on all smartphones (www.ft.com)
Taiwan’s AI boom leaves traditional manufacturers trailing (www.ft.com)
Farage tells donors he expects Reform UK will do an election deal with Tories (www.ft.com)
Mistral unveils new models in race to gain edge in ‘open’ AI (www.ft.com)
Trump sons’ bitcoin venture sheds a third of its value in crypto turmoil (www.ft.com)
Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet (www.ft.com)
Trump says he will nominate Fed chair in ‘early’ 2026 (www.ft.com)
Britain must improve how it uses its fiscal watchdog (www.ft.com)
UK envoy to Moscow enters race to be next ambassador to US (www.ft.com)
It’s time to sound the alarm on growing fiscal and financial risk (www.ft.com)
Bulgaria in budget turmoil as it prepares to adopt the euro (www.ft.com)
Michael and Susan Dell pledge 6.25bn to help fund ‘Trump Accounts’ for children (www.ft.com)
Latin America accelerates minerals shift as Trump pushes for regional sourcing (www.ft.com)
In a crisis, Strategy stacks dollars (www.ft.com)
OBR board member says Reeves did not mislead public on Budget (www.ft.com)
Japan’s economic normalisation will affect global liquidity (www.ft.com)
UK to make drug approvals easier in latest tariff deal with Trump (www.ft.com)
Barclays chief says Revolut benefits from lack of UK banking licence (www.ft.com)
Why UK borrowing costs are so high (www.ft.com)
Ukraine targets Russia’s shadow fleet as it steps up drone war (www.ft.com)
Trump-style regime change in Venezuela (www.ft.com)
Ukraine detains British army veteran on suspicion of spying for Russia (www.ft.com)
Police raid EU diplomatic arm in College of Europe fraud probe (www.ft.com)
US government backs Bayer bid to curb Roundup claims (www.ft.com)
Eurozone services inflation ticks up again in November (www.ft.com)
Trump vows ‘hell to pay’ if Honduras changes election results (www.ft.com)
The spectacular rise of EB Meyrowitz eyewear (www.ft.com)
OpenAI’s Sam Altman declares ‘code red’ after rivals make advances (www.ft.com)
Eurozone inflation unexpectedly rises to 2.2% in November (www.ft.com)
Rate cuts will end in leading economies next year, says OECD (www.ft.com)
US regulator to curtail use of primate testing in drug trials (www.ft.com)
Kremlin touts gains in Pokrovsk ahead of meeting with US envoy (www.ft.com)
OBR faces MPs amid tensions with the Treasury (www.ft.com)
Budget foundations starting to wobble (www.ft.com)
India demands installation of government app on all smartphones (www.ft.com)
UK house prices edge higher despite Budget uncertainty (www.ft.com)
BoE lowers capital requirements for UK banks as they pass stress tests (www.ft.com)
Demand for Japanese bonds reassures jittery markets (www.ft.com)
Checking in on the US consumer (www.ft.com)
EU can produce twice as many electric cars as needed, says study (www.ft.com)
Britain’s brokers provide evidence of a knee-high market recovery (www.ft.com)
Meloni’s party pushes to declare Italy’s gold ‘property of the people’ (www.ft.com)
ECB refuses to provide backstop for 140bn Ukraine loan (www.ft.com)
The UK Budget’s energy price cut won’t stop bills from rising (www.ft.com)
Let me count the ways in which Labour isn’t working (www.ft.com)
Brussels rejects Dutch request to dump manure on fields (www.ft.com)
North Sea executives tell Reeves windfall tax is weighing on investment (www.ft.com)
UK pension funds dump US equities on fears of AI bubble (www.ft.com)
The hardliner who wants to make Chile great again (www.ft.com)
EQT weighs higher charges on large investors thanks to retail cash (www.ft.com)
Europe should repeal the directive that’s killing growth (www.ft.com)
Videos are the new start-up pitch decks (www.ft.com)
I’m the FT’s US art critic. Here are my top 10 favourite works in Washington DC (www.ft.com)
Council tax rise cannot be ruled out, says Reform UK’s top local government figure (www.ft.com)
Zara clothes reappear in Russia despite Inditex’s exit (www.ft.com)
Royal splits and billionaire breakups: the women who remade divorce law (www.ft.com)
Will the next blockbuster drug come from China? (www.ft.com)
China draws in Europe’s businesses despite alarm over competition (www.ft.com)
Putin’s visit ties India in knots (www.ft.com)
Apple replaces head of AI with executive poached from Microsoft (www.ft.com)
Judge-only trials in England and Wales will not solve courts’ backlog, experts say (www.ft.com)
FirstFT: Global bonds slide after BoJ governor hints at rate rise (www.ft.com)
Honduras election heads for photo finish with top two rivals tied (www.ft.com)
Starmer urges UK business to boost trade with China despite security threats (www.ft.com)
Samsung turns to M&A in its fight for an AI edge (www.ft.com)
How Britain’s ‘fiercely independent’ fiscal watchdog came undone (www.ft.com)
Ukraine launches restructuring of controversial growth-linked bonds (www.ft.com)
India’s blockbuster labour reforms (www.ft.com)
Blackstone, Apollo and KKR sign up to UK stress test of private credit (www.ft.com)
How banks fuel the private credit boom (www.ft.com)
Steve Cohen moves closer to gaining lucrative New York City casino licence (www.ft.com)
Doctors in England to strike for five days in run-up to Christmas (www.ft.com)
Head of UK fiscal watchdog quits after Budget leak (www.ft.com)
Bitcoin champion Strategy launches ‘dollar reserve’ amid crypto sell-off (www.ft.com)
OBR report says Budget leak error also led to early Spring Statement access (www.ft.com)
Starmer accused of creating new welfare trap by scrapping two-child benefit cap (www.ft.com)
OpenAI takes stake in Thrive Holdings in latest circular deal (www.ft.com)
Spain fights to protect pork industry from swine fever outbreak (www.ft.com)
US foreign policy in the age of the envoy (www.ft.com)
Airbus warns of quality issues on some A320 aircraft panels (www.ft.com)
Barrick Mining considering IPO of North American gold assets (www.ft.com)
Goldman Sachs boosts ETF line-up with acquisition of Innovator Capital (www.ft.com)
NHS medicines budget set to increase by 25% in push to avoid Trump tariffs (www.ft.com)
Trump, Xi, Putin and the strongman race (www.ft.com)
Trump’s tariffs are not reducing the trade deficit (www.ft.com)
Omnicom to axe historic ad agencies and cut 4,000 jobs in IPG takeover (www.ft.com)
Global stocks slide at start of key month for markets (www.ft.com)
Hong Kong investigators highlight role of netting in deadly fire (www.ft.com)
Submit your questions: How is Trump reshaping globalisation and world trade? (www.ft.com)
Keir Starmer admits he planned to break manifesto pledge on income tax (www.ft.com)