Google spared break-up of online advertising monopoly
Judge rejects US Department of Justice’s request to force the sale of parts of the search giant’s ads business
Zelenskyy rebukes spy agencies after Kyiv shootout
Incident in sleepy district involved espionage agency and military unit
Students and opposition activists targeted with spyware in Serbia
Twelve of those targeted received notifications from Apple that their iPhones were compromised
Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times copyright battle
US urges court to reject newspaper’s claim that it is illegal to train AI models on copyrighted content
Badenoch takes on Burnham after shake-up of her top team
Tory leader has installed combative, media-hungry figures in key roles such as new shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith
Chevron to double Venezuela oil production with $7bn pledge
US major commits to expanding its joint ventures as White House pushes for huge increase in production in the country
Time is running out for the leap second
Losing it would sever contemporary clocks from their ancient astronomical roots
Vulnerable states sound alarm as UN says planet will surpass 1.5C of warming
Even in the most optimistic scenario, the temperature rise in the industrial era would peak at about 1.8C, agency says
Dutch central bank moves gold bars out of New York over ‘geopolitical unrest’
DNB prefers London over the US city, pointing to better ‘tradeability’ of bullion
EU accelerates plans to break up diplomatic service
France and Germany drive push for reform as pressure mounts on Brussels to find budget savings
The wrong way to revive Venezuela’s economy
Oil deal is most striking example yet of Trump’s new state capitalism
How refugee camps become mini-economies
In an era of aid cuts, entrepreneurialism in the Mahama refugee camp in Rwanda is increasingly important
Energy price surge hits bond markets as European gas reaches three-year high
US 10-year borrowing costs touch highest since 2023 as fears of return to full-blown Iran conflict rise
BP gets the chair it wants rather than the one it needed
What Ian Tyler can do is shore up the rest of the board, seeking directors with traits and competences he lacks
California opines on who profits from wildfires but not on who pays
Keeping hedge funds out may ease qualms over profiting from misfortune but not settle who bears the cost
The best theatre shows to see in London and beyond
The FT’s critics pick the biggest and best plays now on in the West End and elsewhere
The Restore Britain backer who once gave money to the Lib Dems
Entrepreneur Simon Galbraith’s gift to the far-right party has startled the tech start-up scene, with some saying it risks a ‘reverse Midas touch’
AI spots cyber gaps faster than financial firms can fix them
UK regulator says companies risk being overwhelmed by frontier models’ findings
When do good leaders make a difference?
A new book suggests CEOs may be less important than we think — especially at utility companies
Morocco in spotlight as Spanish police report sparks Ceuta blame game
Minister presses police chief over probe that reportedly accuses Moroccan security forces of orchestrating influx
Uber to axe 10% of its workforce in biggest cuts since pandemic
Ride-hailing group to eliminate 3,300 jobs as competition rises in food delivery sector and robotaxi race intensifies
Mayday — Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh buddy up in 1980s cold war comedy
A US pilot falls behind Soviet lines in a film that gleefully gorges on retro action thrills before stretching its premise too thin
Electra/Persona — Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss are magnificent in an intense exploration of identity
The actors decide their performances on the toss of a coin in this two-part adaptation of both Sophocles and Ingmar Bergman at the National Theatre
UK mortgage borrowers urged to lock in deals before rates rise
Home loan market braced for fixed-rate rises after bond market sell-off