Donald Trump attacks Pope Leo over Iran
Oil prices rise as president tells US navy to ‘interdict’ ships that pay Iran to pass through strategic chokepoint
Letter: Why UK defence investment recalls that IBM adage
From Rob Harper, Founder and Chief Executive, Rowden, Bristol, UK
Letter: Maslow’s pyramid and the liberating power of AI
From Shahid Mahdi, Director at EnerKnol; Expert in Energy Regulatory Policy, Critical Infrastructure and Cybersecurity, New York, NY, US
Letter: The singularity hypothesis
From Yeomin Yoon, Professor Emeritus of Finance and International Business, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, US
Letter: Last word to Scott-Heron’s poem ‘Whitey on the Moon’
From Steve Heilig, San Francisco, CA, US
Letter: Insolvency lawyers — they can always afford the rosé
From David Tennant, London SE27, UK
Letter: Europe ignored lessons of the 2022 energy squeeze
From Amjad Karim, Chief Executive, Keen AI, Birmingham, UK
Letter: How Oxford’s spires hide a high-rise housing solution
From Abigail Perez, London EC1, UK
Letter: Jaw-dropping cuts in physics departments
From Lesley Ellis, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, UK
Correction: Stefano Pessina and Ornella Barra
Stefano Pessina and Ornella Barra control a combined 44 per cent stake in the Walgreens Boots Alliance businesses that were taken private last year, rather than 18 per cent as incorrectly stated in an article on April 7
Hungary opposition delivers ‘regime change’
With its huge mandate Péter Magyar’s Tisza can prepare to change the constitution and restore rule of law
UK households’ living standards to fall after energy price shock
Report from Resolution Foundation urges ministers to offer only targeted support to poorer households
UK Treasury to profit from final year of student loan scheme, says analysis
Labour draws graduate anger after some of the biggest changes happened due to freezes under previous Conservative government
FT Crossword: Number 18,344
Oil prices soar above $100 per barrel as hope fades of end to Iran war
Crude had stabilised on optimism that a deal could be reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Trump announces naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz as Iran peace talks fail
Reopening the waterway is a sticking point in negotiations as oil supply bottlenecks fuel a global energy crisis
FirstFT: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election
Also in today’s newsletter: Trump announces naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz, and China open to Taiwanese TV and imports
Middle East war day 43 as it happened: US stock futures slide ahead of blockade; UK rules out role in key strait operation
Oil prices expected to rise as Trump tells US navy to ‘interdict’ ships that pay Iran to pass through strategic chokepoint
Hungary’s Orbán concedes defeat as opposition secures landslide win
Tisza party led by Péter Magyar projected to win a two-thirds majority in crushing loss for EU’s longest-serving premier
Hungarian voters turn out in force for biggest test of Orbán era
Election follows bitter campaign that energised both government loyalists and opposition led by Péter Magyar
UK, US and global politics: what students should know
Read FT articles picked by our teacher advisers
School politics class: The madness of the Madman Theory
Power and developments
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