Why Bangladesh is backing Argentina in the World Cup
Their national team has never qualified, so Bangladeshi fans are cheering for Messi
So long Starmer, markets found you dull
A market obituary in three charts
Northern Irish politician Jeffrey Donaldson guilty of rape
Former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party played a key role in parliamentary debates over Brexit
America’s allies look to declare independence from the US
Traditional partners are rethinking their economic ties
Josh Hawley and the future of pro-worker conservatism
Where does the Missouri senator fit in a party that has long promoted the interests of the wealthy?
Why does Britain keep changing prime ministers?
Keir Starmer’s successor will become the seventh leader in roughly a decade since the Brexit vote
Spanish government goes after judge targeting Pedro Sánchez’s wife
Juan Carlos Peinado has led criminal probe into Begoña Gómez for the past 2 years
AbbVie buys Apogee for $10.9bn to acquire inflammatory disease drug
Drugmaker’s largest deal in more than half a decade comes amid surge of M&A in sector
Who is Andy Burnham, Labour’s charismatic chameleon?
Britain’s likely next prime minister has earned public respect by going from insider to outsider, but economic doubts have clouded his bid for Downing Street
‘Salt is the new oil’
Better batteries, or Na?
And the FTAV chart quiz winner is . . .
A game of three graphs
Building materials group CRH agrees record $8.5bn deal for Arcosa
Irish company to purchase Dallas-based construction company
A Nobel laureate’s tale of surviving Ceauşescu’s Romania
Herta Müller’s The Village on the Edge of the World is a searing chronicle of resilience and humanity that offers a corrective to nostalgia for communism
Grange Park Opera opens its four-year Ring cycle with a theatrical Das Rheingold
Wagner’s tale of avarice and power unfolds against the backdrop of the industrial revolution in this clearly sung, well-paced production
Met Office issues rare red weather warning as heatwave hits UK
Temperatures expected to break June records, prompting concerns about public health
Keir Starmer steps down as UK prime minister
Departure comes as Wes Streeting backs Andy Burnham to be the next PM
Over 400 ships are waiting near Hormuz for the strait to reopen fully
Many tanker operators reluctant to move vessels until Iran and the US strengthen ceasefire deal
Alan Greenspan dies aged 100
Longstanding Federal Reserve chair was lionised in office — but his legacy was reassessed in the financial crisis
Waiting for Andy: what will a Burnham premiership mean?
It is the threat of Reform UK that has so panicked Labour MPs
Even a partial deal with Iran will help the slow journey to trade normality
The blockade has done less damage to oil prices and food production than many expected
Germany’s Strait of Hormuz mission hits delay at Bundestag
Head of defence committee says approval for minesweepers ‘unlikely’ before summer recess
AI law firm wins UK court case for first time
Freelancer paid about £400 for technology to draft documents for £7,000 claim
Chess: Magnus Carlsen loses four in a row in Hong Kong
China’s Dragon Chilling team take the Blitz and Rapid titles — plus find Jan Timman’s winning move
Simon Johnson: ‘Nobody needs as many white-collar workers as they used to’
The Nobel laureate and former IMF chief economist on how to prepare for what AI will do to jobs