Transcript: A shaky ceasefire
Sonja Hutson talks to James Politi
Reid Wiseman, the astronaut hailing a new ‘golden age’ in space
As commander of Artemis II, he embodies the comradeship and ambition of the latest Moon mission
Historic Nasa Moon mission returns safely to Earth
Artemis voyage entranced world and highlighted space race between US and China
Lebanon and Israel agree to talks in Washington next week
The talks would be the first direct negotiations between the two countries in more than four decades
Letter: Why is it consultancies don’t preach what they practise?
From Professor Amanda Goodall, Bayes Business School, City St George’s, University of London, London EC1, UK
Letter: Bordering on Buddhist
From Brendan Kelly, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Letter: England’s religious revival
From Toby Kenton Hole, Director of Mission and Ministry, The Diocese of Sheffield, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK
Letter: Welsh house names are like a landscape archive
From David Thomas, Talog, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
Letter: Ditch your dollar debt, as praying won’t do the trick
From Erik Fossing Nielsen, London EC1, UK
Letter: Industry needs genuine AI disruption deployed at scale
From Radhika Venkatraman, CEO, Arbis AI, New York, NY, US
Letter: Dublin airport holiday job and the Lough Derg pilgrim
From Paul Farrell, Dublin, Ireland
Letter: Bayeux’s poignant parallels
From Bryan Welch, London W6, UK
Letter: Fray Bentos: flavour of the month in Mayfair it seems
From Sally Wilton, Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
Letter: A bit of sailors’ slang
From David Lane, Rome, Italy
Letter: Not a cross word exchanged
From William Shallcross, Bath, Somerset, UK
FT Crossword: Number 18,343
FT Crossword: Polymath number 1,382
UK drops bill to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius after US opposition
British officials acknowledge the legislation had run out of time to proceed to the statute book
Warsh’s confirmation as Trump’s next Fed chair risks delay
Sluggish process could leave Jay Powell at helm of central bank despite US president’s push for policy reset
JD Vance says US-Iran talks should be ‘positive’ as negotiators arrive in Islamabad
Vice-president’s comments come ahead of crunch meeting in Pakistan that is focused on trying to resolve the conflict
Molotov cocktail thrown at home of OpenAI chief Sam Altman
Suspect arrested outside AI start-up’s San Francisco headquarters after threatening to burn it down
Trump touts Palantir’s ‘war’ role after short seller attack
US president’s endorsement follows criticism from famed investor Michael Burry
Cyber security stocks fall on worries over Anthropic’s advanced AI tool
Mythos model was able to detect critical software vulnerabilities that were missed by legacy systems
Transcript: Squeezed Britain — student loans, salaries and strikes
Lucy Fisher talks to George Parker, Stephen Bush and Chris Smyth