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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 writer is a science commentator Witchweed, a parasitic plant, is scarier than any fictional triffid. It feasts on sorghum — a crop used across Africa for food, construction and industrial processing — by clinging
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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. Elon Musk’s $55bn pay package from Tesla has been voided by a Delaware judge, who ruled that the unprecedented remuneration was improperly approved by the electric-car maker’s board of directors and had short-changed the company’s
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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. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed to “unashamedly champion” Britain’s financial services sector if Labour wins the general election, denouncing politicians who have been “embarrassed” by the City’s success. Reeves will this week launch Labour’s
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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. Israeli commandos disguised as Arab doctors and patients killed three Palestinian men after entering a hospital in the occupied West Bank, with the Israeli military claiming they were planning future attacks. CCTV footage from the
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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. Western exasperation with Viktor Orbán’s behaviour is starting to boil over. The Hungarian leader has long played the role of the EU’s chief antagonist, obstructing its decision-making, undermining its institutions and traducing its democratic values.
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing to replace his top general in what would be the biggest shake-up of Ukraine’s military command since Russia’s full-scale invasion began two years ago. Zelenskyy on Monday offered
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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 IMF has warned UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt against cutting taxes, arguing the country needs to curb public borrowing and prioritise spending in areas such as health, education and tackling climate change.  Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, IMF
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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. UK average mortgage rates fell for the first time since November 2021, according to data from the Bank of England, suggesting that the burden on homeowners is easing as lower borrowing costs filter through. The
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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. Russia’s economy will expand much more rapidly this year than previously expected, according to the IMF, as President Vladimir Putin’s military spending feeds through into wider growth.  Gross domestic product is forecast to rise 2.6
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Geopolitics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. We can no longer hold out hope that it was an AI-generated deep fake. Last autumn, Rishi Sunak really did interview Elon Musk on stage. To repeat, a serving head of government took the junior role
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Since the start of the war in Gaza, Israel’s armed forces have pursued their twin objectives — “dismantling” Hamas rule in the territory and rescuing all remaining Israeli hostages seized by the group — with ferocity and determination. Three months on, however, many in Israel, including Gadi Eisenkot, a member of the war cabinet, have
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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. This article is an on-site version of our Inside Politics newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday Good morning. A deal has been reached to restore power-sharing
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