Oil falls more than 4% as Iran and US pause strikes over Strait of Hormuz
Brent opens lower after two weeks of escalating violence pushed crude to more than $100 a barrel
Indonesia’s central bank chief resigns
Perry Warjiyo had been under pressure over weakening rupiah
The best of TV and streaming this week
Partridgean docudrama ‘Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston’, comedy thriller ‘Ride or Die’ and more. Reviews by Louis Wise and Rebecca Nicholson
BoE expected to hold rates despite jump in oil prices
Consumer inflation has undershot expectations for three successive months
Transcript: Hike or hold — Investors split ahead of Fed decision
Victoria Craig talks to Claire Jones and Joseph Cotterill
UK lenders accuse Bank of England of ignoring Wall Street’s capital edge
Study estimates differences mean British banks carry £22.5bn extra capital burden relative to US rivals
AI companies spend record sums on Washington lobbying
Rising expenditure from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft reflects growing battle over federal policy
Greek shipping carve-out on Russia sanctions prompts EU rethink
European officials seek ways to curb veto tactics in negotiations
France raises questions over UK participation in EU’s €5bn tech start-up fund
Debate over British role shows strained relations during UK-EU ‘reset’ negotiations
Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says
Think-tank’s findings likely to add to calls for audit of NHS England claims around Federated Data Platform
Beware holographic markets
Tokenised securities are mirror images of the real thing but pose new risks
Where Trivet and Labombe co-founders Jonny Lake and Isa Bal eat in London
The chef and sommelier share why they love à la carte dining — and reveal their favourite places to enjoy it across the city
The new premium product: books written by people
Some publishers think AI could not only help authors but replace them
Richard Dadd — the singular Victorian painter caught between fantasy and delusion
The hallucinatory and sobering Royal Academy show is London’s first retrospective of the artist in 50 years
Does Yamaha’s silent violin really work?
Plus blenders, hairdryers and lawnmowers that do the job quietly
Lessons from the skies and the squid — four standout books about the environment
The life forms shaped by symbiosis; bringing sustainability into the boardroom; and a warning about wilder weather
The cash homebuyer is no longer king
In the UK’s slow market, those with a mortgage or who are in a chain have a hunger that can give them the edge
TeamSystem’s private equity owners look at stake sale at €8bn valuation
Process could test investors’ willingness to back business software groups with market roiled by AI disruption
Why economic surveys have lost their relevance
Distorted by partisan passion and rising inequality, they are a reflection of popular frustrations — not overall growth
The sacred Kenyan hill sitting on a rare-earth stockpile
Tug of war between US, Chinese and Australian companies for east African deposit threatens to overrun lush homeland
Hike or hold: Investors split ahead of Fed decision
Sharp increase in energy prices means this week’s US central bank meeting is ‘live’, investors say
Chinese chipmaker CXMT soars almost 500% in market debut
Mainland’s biggest IPO since 2010 reflects booming demand for AI memory semiconductors
If No 10 North is the ‘situation room for growth’ let’s get situated near it
A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist
Brandtech’s David Jones: ‘Why not do 95% of it with fast, efficient machines?’
Founder of digital advertiser says AI is transforming his industry, but his company faces doubts over valuation