US launches fresh wave of strikes on Iran
Second day of attacks puts fragile ceasefire under new strain and pushes up oil prices
Oracle to spend $70bn on data centre build-out in coming year
Shares in the database group drop as much as 8% in after-hours trading following flat revenue guidance
Lockheed Martin cannot say when US allies will get Patriot missiles
Top executive says arms maker does not control allocation of PAC-3 interceptors, despite tripling production
Mike Ashley’s Frasers offers to buy Hugo Boss in €2.7bn deal
Retail billionaire could use bid to increase stake in German fashion group rather than taking full control
FirstFT: Seven people charged over deadly Hong Kong fire
Also in today’s newsletter: US launches fresh wave of strikes on Iran, and BoJ governor Kazuo Ueda admitted to hospital
Trump warns US will soon hit Iran ‘hard’ again
President’s remarks come after countries exchange fire following downing of American helicopter
UK to launch CO₂ supply push as pubs prepare for bumper beer sales
Consultation comes as football fans look forward to start of World Cup and month of drinking
US tech stocks sink as volatility flares up on Wall Street
Latest bout of selling comes ahead of SpaceX’s historic market debut
‘Pure racism’: East Belfast reels from riots led by masked young men
Torched homes are a painful throwback to the Troubles that Northern Ireland is seeking to leave behind
EU plans to protect industries from carbon costs if they invest in the bloc
Brussels weighs scheme to provide free emission allowances beyond the existing 2039 schedule
Oil tankers increase ‘dark’ transits through Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump says US launched ‘secret mission’ to help move crude through the waterway
Trump suggests he may not renew trade deal with Mexico and Canada
‘We don’t need anything that they have,’ US president says of 2020 trilateral agreement
Historic Merseyside shipyard bought ahead of planned Royal Navy refresh
Cammell Laird, once the engine room of warship building in the UK, positions for potential higher defence spending
Social media platforms warned over role in fuelling Belfast riots
Ofcom tells sites to take action over content that may incite violence as Northern Ireland braces for further unrest
Palantir ban means frontline police will be lost in London, Met chief warns
Comments from Mark Rowley come after Sadiq Khan blocked contract between force and US tech company
Burnham pledges to back pension campaigners claiming billions
Labour leadership hopeful says he’ll ‘stick by the Waspi women’, whose demands could exceed £10bn
Trump’s pick to lead statistics agency disputes president’s faked data claims
Brett Matsumoto tells US lawmakers that Bureau of Labor Statistics’ reports are driven by science rather than politics
US CEOs are getting richer and more nervous
More than 29% of S&P 500 companies provided home security perks for their top brass in 2025
Seven charged after Hong Kong fire that killed 168 people
Authorities accuse individuals and two companies of offences, including manslaughter and tax evasion, after Wang Fuk blaze
Trump’s AI fund idea is good politics, but bad economics
Plans to share the gains from technology could cause more problems than they solve
The Man Who Stole The Gods — how a British art dealer looted Cambodia’s treasures
Marcel Theroux on the extraordinary story of Douglas Latchford and his decades-long pillaging of Khmer antiquities
How architecture helped to topple Viktor Orbán
Lavish buildings put up by his regime contrasted sharply with Hungary’s crumbling social infrastructure
Apollo and Blackstone raise $35bn in chip financing deal for Anthropic
Transaction is one of the largest private credit fundraisings, fuelling Claude maker’s AI growth plans