Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jes Staley, the former Barclays boss, has received the first regulatory ban for actions taken as chief executive of a major UK bank after he allegedly misled the watchdog about his past relationship with Jeffrey
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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. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the first such call between the regional rivals’ leaders in years as concerns mounted that the war between Israel and Hamas risked
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US inflation was higher than forecast in September, raising the prospect that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates following similarly robust recent data on the strength of the jobs market. The consumer price index
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Germany is in discussions to send lethal military aid to Israel to help it crack down on Hamas and deter an “apocalyptic” intervention by other hostile regional powers. German defence minister Boris Pistorius said two
The writer is author of ‘More Than I Love My Life’ and Winner of the 2017 Man Booker International Prize and the 2018 Israel Prize Translated by Jessica Cohen Some 1,000 killed, more than 3,000 injured, scores of people taken hostage. Every survivor is a miraculous story of resourcefulness and bravery. Countless miracles, countless acts of
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Living conditions in the besieged Gaza Strip have deteriorated sharply as Israeli warplanes pounded the coastal enclave for a fifth day and the Palestinian territory’s sole power station ran out of fuel and was forced
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US private equity group Apollo Global Management has struck a deal to buy Wagamama owner The Restaurant Group for £506mn, following a lengthy campaign by activist investors for a shake-up of the dining operator. Under
As Israelis mourned their dead and struggled to come to terms with the darkest day in the Jewish state’s history, Arab social media was buzzing with variations of its own take on Hamas’s deadly attack: “Prison Break”. Across different platforms, posts displayed images ranging from the broken Israeli security barrier that hems in Gaza —
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US secretary of state Antony Blinken is due to arrive in Israel on Thursday as Washington steps up efforts to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from spiralling into a regional conflict. His visit comes hours after
Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian will head to Baghdad on Thursday, on the first leg of a regional tour that will also see him visit Lebanon. He will meet with Iraqi officials, according to Tasnim news agency, affiliated to Irans’ Revolutionary Guards. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said he will discuss bilateral and regional issues, including Gaza.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK economy rebounded partially in August in line with economists’ expectations, driven by a recovery in the services sector, according to official figures. Gross domestic product was up 0.2 per cent in August compared
The Adani Group, the politically connected conglomerate that dominates large parts of India’s economy, appears to have imported billions of dollars of coal at prices well above market value, according to customs records reviewed by the Financial Times. The data supports longstanding allegations that Adani, the country’s largest private coal importer, has been inflating fuel
Eyal was 26 when the army sapper first entered Gaza, sent in by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to help dismantle the extensive tunnels that Hamas had dug to hide its fighters and sneak into Israeli territory. Nine years later, he is preparing for Netanyahu to send him back, to take down the militant group itself.
Workers at Ford’s biggest plant have walked off the job as the United Auto Workers’ strike expands. About 8,700 workers began striking at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant plant in Louisville. The company said the plant generates about $25bn in revenue a year. The union went on strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis last month.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Joe Biden ramped up diplomatic efforts to prevent Israel’s anticipated ground assault on Gaza from spiralling into a regional conflagration, telling the country’s prime minister he must follow the rules of war and warning other
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The smell of rotting flesh permeated the air on Wednesday at Kibbutz Be’eri, a farming community near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip that was one of the last communities to be freed from Hamas
In the days since Hamas’ surprise assault on Israel, the Jewish state has also been fighting on another front: its northern border with Lebanon, where light artillery exchanges have killed three members of militant group Hizbollah. The violence there has so far broadly observed informal red lines that have prevented that conflict from spiralling in
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Egyptian intelligence repeatedly told Israel that the situation in the Gaza Strip could “explode”, warnings that went unheeded before the deadly Hamas assault on the Jewish state, according to two officials familiar with the matter.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The death toll in Israel has reached 1,200 people as the country discovered new evidence of mass killings by Palestinian militant group Hamas and prepared for a large-scale operation in Gaza following an unprecedented attack
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There is no contradiction between reviling terrorism and tackling its roots. Both the following statements are true: Hamas has plumbed new depths of bestial cruelty; Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel has starved non-violent Palestinian alternatives. Joe Biden
Israel has mobilised more than 300,000 reservists in preparation for large-scale attacks on Gaza as the country discovered new evidence of mass killings by Palestinian militant group Hamas. The death toll in Israel has reached 1,200 people, with 2,700 wounded, Jonathan Conricus, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, said in a statement posted early