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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. Aukus continues to make waves across the Pacific. Unveiled in 2021, the tripartite pact centres around Australia’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines from the US and the UK. For the Biden administration, Aukus has rapidly become

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 consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon and former vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England who travelled to Gaza with the IDEALS charity Earlier this month I was operating on

At the local museum in the central Italian town of Foligno, some 80 people gathered on Sunday to watch a Kremlin-backed propaganda film about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Witness — which depicts Ukrainian soldiers as Nazis pledging allegiance to Hitler, waving Mein Kampf and committing atrocities — played to empty cinemas in Russia last

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In his latest shareholder letter Warren Buffett said his company Berkshire Hathaway, at its size and maturity, should “operate with materially less risk of permanent loss of capital”. A few pages later, the Oracle of

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak has urged MPs to stop using words that “inflame” community tensions, as he denounced comments last week by former Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson as “wrong”. Anderson was suspended from the Tory whip

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has tendered his resignation, in a long-anticipated move that could set the stage for a new technocratic government responsible for the reconstruction of Gaza. Shtayyeh on Monday offered his resignation

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into eight housebuilders over whether they shared commercially sensitive information after a year-long study into why Britain builds too few homes. The announcement of the probe on

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the European banks myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. European banks are on course to return more than €120bn to shareholders off the back of their 2023 results as they pass on the benefits of surging interest rates to investors. Bosses of European lenders

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bond vigilantism is resurgent in the market for sovereign debt. That emerged with remorseless clarity from the brutal sell-off of UK gilts that toppled hapless British prime minister Liz Truss. Could the fiscal disciplinarians of

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK companies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A lack of competition in Britain’s audit market and a regulatory drive for better quality have pushed up fees for London-listed companies by 75 per cent over the past five years, according to a new

Israel plans to raise about $60bn in debt this year, freeze government hiring and increase taxes as it almost doubles its defence spending to support its war in Gaza, according to a senior finance official. Israel’s more than four-month conflict with Hamas has taken a severe toll on the economy, which shrank almost 20 per

After spending the past decade as the car industry’s loudest champions of hybrid vehicles, Toyota executives could be forgiven for feeling some measure of vindication. The Japanese carmaker’s dogged determination to pour billions into hybrid vehicles that combine batteries with the traditional internal combustion engine drew criticism from investors and environmentalists alike. Consumers would balk

A battle over workers’ rights is already prompting disquiet across UK boardrooms and will play a central role in the next general election campaign as Labour seeks to strengthen the role of unions in workplaces.  Banning zero-hour contracts, ending “fire and rehire” tactics and giving staff protection against unfair dismissal from day one are some

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is author of ‘How to Be a Better Leader’ and is a visiting professor at Bayes Business School, City, University of London They are supposed to be the bridge between senior leaders and

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ryanair is demanding compensation from Boeing for worsening aircraft delivery delays that have forced the airline to lower its forecasts for passenger numbers and warn it is on the cusp of cancelling some flights this

Amanda Lacaze, Lynas Rare Earths chief executive, said 2024 was a ‘transitional’ year © Lynas Rare Earths The world’s biggest miner of rare earths outside China posted a profit drop of more than 74 per cent for its first half on Monday amid weaker Chinese demand. Australia-based Lynas Rare Earths reported after-tax profit of A$39.5mn

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump tightened his grip on the Republican presidential nomination this weekend with a crushing 20-point victory over Nikki Haley in her home state that raised fresh questions about how much longer she can stay

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the US that Ukraine needs the $60bn aid currently stuck in a congressional stand-off within a month. Zelenskyy said the long-awaited package was about military not financial support and

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday he hoped a “firm and final agreement” on a temporary Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages could be reached “in the coming days”, after progress

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The widespread drop in global house prices that hit advanced economies has largely petered out, according to a Financial Times analysis of OECD data, leading economists to predict that the deepest property downturn in a

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is chief executive of Demos, a think-tank The next UK government will face a dizzying array of policy challenges. After the coming general election, ministers of any political persuasion will have to make