Donald Trump says US defending Strait of Hormuz ‘for everybody’
US president says Nato allies ‘getting much nicer’ with their belated response to help secure waterway
WPP proposes £11mn pay packet for CEO Rose amid share-price plunge
Struggling advertiser proposes hiking base salary and long-term incentives for boss
UK reveals cuts to aid for Africa and Middle East
Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper says reduced budget means ‘hard choices and unavoidable trade-offs’
US regulators slash Wall Street capital rules to boost bank lending
Measures for banks would weaken one of the main regulatory guardrails against a financial crisis
The UK must accept it is no longer a global power
Starmer has failed to level with the public that Britain’s control over its destiny is limited
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Stocks and bonds tumble as investors price in ‘protracted energy shock’
Iranian strikes on Qatari natural gas complex send US and European markets reeling
Can Reeves overcome the sceptics on fiscal devolution?
Plus, Labour prepares for another go at reforming sickness benefits
Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat — a workplace twist on the chaotic hoax show
An unsuspecting civilian is plunged into a rapidly unravelling corporate getaway in the second season of the hit show
Does AI offer dance boundless possibilities? Not according to Alexander Whitley
‘Mirror’ displays a deliberately restricted vocabulary while his ‘Rite of Spring’ finds real and virtual dancers going through the motions
Japan rebels over $6bn fee for SoftBank under US trade deal
Dispute about power station payment shows Tokyo’s unease with governance of $550bn in investments
Six films to watch this week
Ryan Gosling goes intergalactic in space epic ‘Project Hail Mary’; ‘Dead Man’s Wire’ is a dangerously taut 1970s kidnapping thriller; Paolo Sorrentino directs sombre presidential drama ‘La Grazia’; Stephen Graham takes a brutal approach to correction in ‘The Good Boy’; five stars for rapturous Icela
Trump struggles to distance himself from Israel over strike on Iran gasfield
Contradictory accounts of attack underscore challenges of managing widening conflict
Trump administration says it is not considering oil export ban as prices surge
Industry worries that ‘panic’ actions by the White House could backfire on plans to increase drilling
BBC secures World Service funding ahead of new director-general
Agreement likely to be one of last major achievements of outgoing boss Tim Davie
Paolo Sorrentino swaps beauty for solemnity in political drama La Grazia
Toni Servillo brings jowly gravitas to the role of an Italian president contemplating a euthanasia bill and his late wife’s affair
Peers vote down UK ‘mandation’ powers on pension scheme investments
Lords resist government proposal to force pension funds to invest in specific assets
Stephen Graham takes a brutal approach to correction in The Good Boy
The ‘Adolescence’ star and Andrea Riseborough lead twisted tale of a couple who attempt to ‘cure’ a young delinquent
Jürgen Habermas, master thinker of postwar Germany, 1929-2026
The philosopher and social theorist thought deeply about the foundations of liberal democracy
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Gilts sell off after Bank of England warns of inflation risks
MPC holds rates at 3.75% as war in Middle East continues to push energy costs up
Being stranded abroad sold me on AI travel agents
Some users may be reluctant to increase their dependence on Big Tech companies
Denmark was ready to blow up Greenland runways if US invaded
Danish soldiers sent to Arctic island in January were also given blood supplies in case of combat
Tough defence could be found with clear focus on target, and attention on little cards
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