UK workers to receive two weeks of unpaid leave for bereavement
Change in definition of those eligible will bring law ‘into the 21st century’
FT Crossword: Number 18,486
US news outlets to sue Trump administration over White House ban
Media groups vow to protect First Amendment rights after reporters’ access was withdrawn
Trump presses Zelenskyy to stop hitting Russian refineries
US president tells Ukrainian leader in phone call it is all about ‘diesel, diesel, diesel’, according to officials
FirstFT: Kremlin-backed forgery operation moved $6.9bn through global banks
Also in today’s newsletter: China accuses ousted top generals of ‘disloyalty’ and SoftBank launches one of biggest junk bond deals
Burnham to call for global effort to control threats posed by AI
UK prime minister will meet Donald Trump in person for first time at New York UN meeting
France calls on EU to take immediate action to lower energy prices
President Emmanuel Macron also urges European Commission to delay implementation of new methane rules by a year
Economics class: teaching ideas
Read a selection of FT articles picked by our panel of school advisers
Gulf states urge reset with Iran as conflict drags on
United Arab Emirates calls for ‘new mindset’ while Qatar advocates for regional ‘security framework’
UK, US and global politics: what students should know
Read FT articles picked by our teacher advisers
IB economics class: resources for study
Topical FT articles to enrich teaching and learning
IB Geography class
Read a selection of FT articles and classroom questions
Crackdown clouds $46bn IPO of world’s biggest derivatives exchange
Long-delayed debut of the National Stock Exchange of India comes amid rising scrutiny of options trading
Meta leads tech rally as oil prices fall
Brent crude sinks amid speculation Donald Trump could meet Iran’s president this week
UK flights disrupted by another air traffic control problem
National Air Traffic Services says it fixed a fault at its Prestwick control centre in Scotland that led to service cancellations and delays
‘Stop the bleeding’: Republicans tell Trump to ban US diesel exports
Fuel price crisis triggered by president’s Iran war rattles legislators from rural America’s heartlands
School sociology class: Meta tests ‘super sensing’ AI glasses that can capture every moment
Digital social world
School sociology class: Everyone loves apprenticeships. So why can’t Britain create more of them?
Education
Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks
FT finds thousands of Russian payments received by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7
Homeowners take £840-a-year mortgage hit from Iran war
Rising borrowing costs triggered by conflict in Middle East start to impact consumers’ spending power
Paramount reaches settlement to clear path for $110bn Warner Bros deal
Studio will not divest assets and will keep operations in California under agreement with 12 states
Five UK police forces end Palantir project after two years
Significant setback for US technology company’s bid to establish itself as key supplier to British law enforcement
Merz’s last chance to reform Germany
After regional election disaster, the chancellor is living on borrowed time
OpenAI joins call for US-led global AI standards
Chief executive Sam Altman will brief the UN Security Council this week following outcry over safety concerns