The town where 94% voted for Lula — and some now waver
Despite his hallowed status, some voters are growing disaffected with Brazil’s president in Guaribas, the cradle of his flagship Bolsa Família welfare programme
China launches anti-dumping probe into European chemical exports
Latest tit-for-tat move follows three similar investigations launched by the EU last week
Europe Express: Lies and statistics
Debt market sell-off makes France’s budget woes defining election issue in test for far-right
What’s driving the global bond sell-off?
Looking at the most cited factors reveals a mixed picture
How airlines try to weed out rogue pilots
Background checks and psychological testing aim to ensure that only those fit to fly take the controls
Co-pilot used axe to carry out ‘terrorist act’ on Flydubai flight
Flight 1073 was heading to Tel Aviv when the attack was launched in the cockpit
Manchester City’s fightback begins
Also in today’s newsletter: NFL fatigue in London
Capital gains tax rise would deter equity investors, wealth bosses warn
Any Budget increase could undermine the government’s aim to boost UK investment
The right and wrong lessons to learn from Spain’s housing crisis
Evictions and spiralling rents are the symptom, not the underlying disease
Esther Rantzen, television presenter and campaigner, 1940-2026
A pioneer of protections for children and lonely older people, the consumer journalist played out her life in public
Rising gilt yields attract retail investors hunting for tax-efficient assets
30-year yields are above 6 per cent for the first time since 1998
John Maynard Keynes and the search for the good life
Playwright James Graham on an economist who asked the right questions in bad times — and why he matters so much today
Does the EU want Britain back?
Burnham has reopened the Brexit debate. That doesn’t mean the UK will be welcomed back on its own terms
Struggle to handle Fairford plot shows need for reform, local police chief says
Gloucestershire chief constable Maggie Blyth says suspected terrorism incident highlights issues facing small forces like hers
Zelenskyy asked Trump to block Russia and China’s Starlink rival
Ukraine’s president says he requested his US counterpart to impose sanctions on companies involved in developing ‘Rassvet’
The ever-shrinking case for expanding Heathrow
Need for giant airport hubs is being challenged by rise of long-range narrow-body planes that go to places their bigger predecessors couldn’t
The coming futures market in AI compute
Big swings in the price of chip rentals are spurring the creation of a trading opportunity
Record 12,000 complaints made against Lasting Powers of Attorney
Rising claims of alleged financial misconduct reflect anxiety over potential inheritances
A senate race runs through the Maine woods
In the heart of the state, a close-knit community is divided on the eve of the midterm elections
China, America and the new Great Game
Which power will prevail? As in the 19th-century struggle between the UK and Russia, the answer may depend on forces beyond either’s control
Trouble in Auroville, India’s ‘City of Dawn’
Founded as a utopian experiment in the 1960s, the township is now engulfed in a bitter political struggle over its future
Dethroning FICO won’t much help US homeowners
Housing tsar Bill Pulte wants more competition among consumer credit agencies, but borrowers may just seek the most lenient
Protests from the City about bank tax ring hollow
No one likes to pay more — people or corporations — but this is a time of national need
SkyNet satellite battle tests UK pledge to ‘buy British’
Decision looms on contract worth up to £2bn as Airbus and Lockheed Martin vie to build next generation of military satellites