Trump envoys take Ukraine peace proposal to meeting with Putin
Russia and Ukraine announce pause in air strikes for duration of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff’s visit
US regulator sues ISS as it steps up scrutiny of proxy advisers
The SEC accuses the firm of ignoring a subpoena as part of its ‘fact-finding investigation’
US strikes three Iranian oil tankers in response to attacks on warships
Military action over Strait of Hormuz continues to escalate after pause in six-month-old conflict
Trump and Musk Super Pacs boost spending on midterm elections
Maga Inc and America Pac drop millions on US House and Senate candidates to keep Republicans in control of Congress
Russia-Ukraine peace talks could begin next year, ex-MI6 chief says
John Sawers tells FT Weekend Festival that enduring peace ‘not really conceivable’ while Vladimir Putin remains in office
Jenrick seeks to get Reform back on track with tax pledge
Rightwing party’s Treasury spokesperson attempts to shift attention from illicit funding allegations
Masked protesters block Dover port roads
Port operator says services back to normal after ‘public order incident’ affected ‘all routes in and out’
‘Sowing doubt’: Trump’s attempt to overhaul voting causes headaches for state officials
The US president has tried to impose new rules just weeks before election day
Pro-Israel groups fight to help Republicans keep control of Congress
Supporters of Israel’s far-right government fear November’s midterm elections could mark major shift in country’s relationship with US
Treasury sell-off piles pressure on weakest US borrowers
Spreads on riskiest junk debt have climbed to their highest level since the market meltdown that followed last year’s ‘liberation day’ tariff blitz
Europe Express: faces of the ‘new right’
While Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is a moderate and Germany’s Ulrich Siegmund a radical, both reflect the continent’s rightward turn
Nigel Farage insists Reform has ‘broken no law’ after key advisers step down
Party’s conference in Birmingham overshadowed by alleged attempts to seek illegal overseas funding
The NBA drops the hammer on Steve Ballmer
Also in today’s newsletter: skyrocketing US Open ticket prices
Design special: London 2026
Towards a high-tech solution - plus Barbican restoration and what to see this month
Transcript: Extended chat — Top US trade official defends Trump’s record
Aime Williams sits down with US trade representative Jamieson Greer
Jefferies fund caught with $500mn exposure to second alleged invoice fraud
Point Bonita, which bankrolled collapsed First Brands Group, emerges as big creditor to Radiant World
Ryanair’s cuts have done other airlines a favour
Winter months are typically lossmaking for airlines — thus cutting back on services eases the industry’s financial pinch
Uber picks a side in driver vs robotaxi wars: its own
Since it operates in so many markets, Uber can easily fall into the trap of talking from both sides of its mouth
The gloves are starting to come off in markets
Wall Street analysts and investors are more willing to directly criticise Trump, particularly since a Treasury intervention on bonds
What would Socrates have done with the new Dyson toothbrush?
No one needs two and a half million photographs of their back molars
Is Keynesianism dead?
When debt is the disease, fiscal medicine may be as likely to harm as heal
‘What the blazers?’ The long fight over school uniform costs
Successive governments have grappled with the problem without managing to impose a standardised policy
The other side of the 1990s
What a misremembered decade says about the fallibility of memory