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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. Santander is reconsidering its presence in the UK two decades after its acquisition of Abbey National made it a major player on Britain’s high street, according to people familiar with the matter. The bank is

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Travel & leisure industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The price of travel permits needed by EU and US citizens to enter the UK is to rise from £10 to £16, the government said, triggering warnings that the cost will damage tourism.

Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister, said he could strike a trade deal with Donald Trump and avoid punitive tariffs on the UK as he dismissed as “noises off” Elon Musk’s strident criticism of his leadership. Starmer, speaking to the Financial Times on a visit to Kyiv, insisted Trump’s inauguration on Monday would not add

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Scott Bessent said the US should increase sanctions on Russian oil producers to force Moscow to negotiate with Ukraine as he criticised the Biden administration for not being tougher on Vladimir Putin’s regime.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK economy grew 0.1 per cent in November, undershooting analysts’ expectations, as chancellor Rachel Reeves comes under increasing pressure to rebuild confidence in the government’s fiscal plans. The monthly figure was below the 0.2

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US stocks and bonds rallied after data published on Wednesday showed underlying price pressures easing more than expected, prompting investors to bet on swifter interest rate cuts this year. The figures from the Bureau of

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The day the flour finally ran out, and the caved-in roof of their two-storey house no longer held the rain at bay, Abdallah Abu Saif’s family gently lifted the 82-year-old grandfather on to a donkey cart and fled Jabalia. Weak from hunger, deaf from months of air strikes and dimly aware he might never return,

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump was facing “sufficient” evidence to have been convicted at trial for seeking to overturn the 2020 US presidential election, according to the special counsel who led the case against the president-elect.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Asian stocks fell across the board on Monday as investors updated their projections for “higher for longer” interest rates after strong US economic data last week. Equities in Australia, Hong Kong, mainland China, India and

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The California wildfires could be the costliest disaster in US history, the state’s governor said, as forecasts of heavy winds raised fears that the catastrophic fires would spread further. In remarks to NBC’s

“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” is the important question posed by the Roman poet Juvenal, translated by the English author Alan Moore as “Who watches the watchmen?”. But it is perhaps a question with a complacent implicit assumption. It presupposes that it is possible to watch the watchmen — and all that one needs to do

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The IMF has warned that jitters surrounding Donald Trump’s threat to impose trade tariffs were driving up longer-term borrowing costs and would add to pressures facing the global economy in 2025. Speaking to

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US economy blew past expectations to create 256,000 jobs in December, sending yields on long-term US government debt to the highest level since 2023 and pushing stocks to the lowest point since Donald Trump’s

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The world breached 1.5C of warming last year for the first time, top international agencies said, as an “extraordinary” spike in the global average temperature sparked fears that climate change is accelerating faster than expected.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A lawyer for Elon Musk has called on the California and Delaware attorneys-general to force OpenAI to auction off a large stake in its business, intensifying a bitter fight with the company’s chief executive Sam

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Elon Musk has privately discussed with allies how Sir Keir Starmer could be removed as UK prime minister before the next general election, according to people briefed on the matter. Musk, the world’s

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The yield on the 10-year gilt on Wednesday rose to its highest level since the height of the global financial crisis as a UK bond sell-off gathered pace. The 10-year gilt yield climbed as much

China’s currency has weakened to a 16-month low as the potential of sharp tariff increases from the incoming Trump administration fuels selling pressure on the renminbi. The onshore renminbi weakened 0.1 per cent to Rmb7.34 against the dollar on Wednesday, its weakest since September 2023, in spite of the People’s Bank of China maintaining a

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