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Donald Trump’s inauguration last month marked the latest peaceful transition of power in the US, a feat the country has navigated, with only a few hitches, for more than two centuries.  In China, by contrast, the topic of leadership change is off-limits. Xi Jinping, China’s most powerful leader since Mao, has given no signs about

Western capitals are braced for a potentially decisive week for European security, as the US and Russia begin talks to end the war in Ukraine and European leaders hold an emergency meeting to respond to the fast-moving negotiations taking place without them. Europe’s most powerful leaders will gather in Paris on Monday for crisis talks

This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Hello readers. For all the talk of artificial intelligence, the most efficient computer on Earth remains the human

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US secretary of state Marco Rubio has spoken with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov ahead of high-level talks between Washington and Moscow next week, as relations thaw between the countries. Rubio, national security

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected a US proposal to take ownership of around 50 per cent of the rights to his country’s rare earth minerals and is trying to negotiate a better

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world In normal circumstances, the Cook Islands only attract attention from honeymooners, green activists and Kiwi diplomats. That is because the remote Pacific country has a security deal with New Zealand (and, by extension,

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Arm plans to launch its own chip this year after securing Meta as one of its first customers, in a radical change to the SoftBank-owned group’s business model of licensing its blueprints to the likes

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hamas has said it remains committed to a ceasefire deal with Israel in Gaza and will continue freeing Israeli hostages from the enclave as set out in the agreement. The announcement appeared to reverse a

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wall Street banks are close to selling $3bn worth of loans backing Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, offloading another mammoth portion of a debt deal that has lingered on their balance sheets for more than

Holding bitcoin is cool again. President Donald Trump has vowed to make America the “crypto capital of the planet”, words that have helped supercharge the token’s price to eye-watering six-figure highs. Wall Street banks and money managers are preparing to jump in. Investors hope Trump will turn the often-derided token into a mainstream financial asset

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his military to mass around the Gaza Strip and threatened to resume “intensive fighting” against Hamas if the Palestinian militant group failed to release Israeli hostages by midday on Saturday. Netanyahu’s ultimatum on Tuesday came after Hamas’s announcement that it was delaying “until further notice” the planned release of

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is chair of Rockefeller International. His latest book is ‘What Went Wrong With Capitalism’  The mystery of the moment is why rampant speculation persists in the all-American bull market despite the

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world A federal judge in New York has temporarily blocked Elon Musk and his team from accessing the US Treasury department’s payments data, warning that it risked leading to the disclosure of sensitive information.

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump said he would consider imposing tariffs on Japanese exports if the US trade deficit with the Asian country was not eliminated and pledged to unveil “reciprocal” tariffs on other nations next

Donald Trump’s new cryptocurrency has sparked a flood of imitators, leading to warnings that investors risk being duped. More than 700 copycat and spam coins have been sent to Trump’s digital wallet by people apparently seeking to suggest their creations have his endorsement, according to a Financial Times analysis. It comes after the president and

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK interest rates myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The Bank of England has halved its 2025 growth estimate and cut interest rates by a quarter-point to 4.5 per cent, as it contends with a stagnant UK economy and an increasingly uncertain international

Peter Mandelson is adamant: “I’ve always been capable of being diplomatic.” Indeed, the Labour peer widely known as the Prince of Darkness, aka the Dark Lord, reveals that his sinuous skills have won the recognition of none other than President George W Bush. “Do you know what he calls me?” Mandelson asks. “Silvertongue.” All this

US allies across Europe and the Middle East have condemned Donald Trump’s plans for Washington to “take over” Gaza and any attempt to expel Palestinians from the devastated territory. Countries throughout the region and beyond denounced the proposals within hours of the US president’s shock Tuesday evening announcement that Washington should assume control of Gaza

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The US Treasury has sought to calm fears over Elon Musk’s access to its vast payments system, insisting no transactions have been cancelled, despite the billionaire’s claim to be “rapidly shutting down” remittances.

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 25 per cent tariffs on Canada’s and Mexico’s exports, along with the 10 per cent tariff on China’s, change the world. This is true even though tariffs on the first two