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The plunging ravine that bisects Chiva was a playground for Jonathan Mateo Pinazo as he grew up, a place whose steep slopes he slithered down to hunt for frogs at its base. For most of the year, the rocky channel was dry except for the odd shallow pool, but after heavy rain people would rush

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Who is currently in charge in the US? Jill Biden? Kamala Harris? President-on-paper Joe Biden? Or is it in fact president-elect Donald Trump? Many signs point to the latter, not least the undeniable

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. (adjective and noun) the current holder of an office or position For well over a century, one of the most fundamental concepts in political science has been that of the incumbent’s advantage. You could call

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the EU business regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Qatar has threatened to stop vital gas shipments to the EU if member states strictly enforce new legislation that will penalise companies which fail to meet set criteria on carbon emissions, human and labour

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump’s transition team is pushing to pull the US out of the World Health Organization on the first day of the new administration, according to experts who warn of the “catastrophic” impact

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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 man who allegedly drove into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the east German city of Magdeburg on Friday evening, killing four people, is a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia who

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. WhatsApp has prevailed against Israeli spyware maker NSO Group in a US lawsuit over NSO’s abuse of the messaging app to enable the infiltration of the phones of journalists, activists and dissidents with its Pegasus

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. As I pack my bags after nine years in Berlin, I’m leaving a city that seems to be trapped in a narrative of its own decline. Veterans say it has jumped the shark. Flats

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MicroStrategy has raised almost $20bn from investors this year to buy bitcoin, fuelling a meteoric rise for the once-obscure software company into the Nasdaq 100 index of large-cap US technology stocks. A combination of selling shares and convertible bonds has funded a one-way bet on a rocketing bitcoin price that, despite a sell-off in recent

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A car ploughed into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday evening, killing at least two and injuring dozens more in what local officials said they

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer’s adviser on ethical standards has called on the government to “protect electoral integrity” by limiting donations from companies to profits made in the UK, following fears Elon Musk could disrupt British politics

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Olaf Scholz was exasperated. At a meeting of EU leaders this week to brainstorm ways to maintain support for Ukraine when Donald Trump returns as US president, the German chancellor became irate that an idea he has regularly shot down was being touted again. At the discussions at the home of Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte

The US government will shut down at 12.01am ET on Saturday unless Congress passes a stop-gap federal funding bill in time. But the politics are fraught and the consequences could include a halt to many federal programmes and payments to employees. President-elect Donald Trump has already torpedoed one bipartisan deal proposed by Republican House Speaker

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump’s team has told European officials that the incoming US president will demand Nato member states increase defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP, but plans to continue supplying military aid

Lord Peter Mandelson was confirmed on Friday as Britain’s ambassador to Washington, with a mission to talk to Donald Trump via Fox News and ward off the threat of US tariffs. The appointment ends weeks of indecision by Sir Keir Starmer over whether to send the political heavyweight to engage with the incoming administration. Some