China attacks UK trade deal with US
Security conditions in pact agreed by Trump and Starmer seen as targeting Beijing
Not-so-bad news is the new good news
Moderate inflation and tariffs seem to lift markets
Scottish parliament passes first stage of assisted dying bill
Amendments will now be considered by Holyrood health committee before a final vote by MSPs
US sanctions companies alleged to be shipping Iranian oil to China
Measures come as Donald Trump offers olive branch to regime in Tehran
US targets Britain’s pork, poultry and seafood markets
Agricultural sectors are ‘front of the line’ in ongoing trade talks, says Trump’s agriculture secretary
Trump says he will lift sanctions on Syria
US president expected to meet new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa during visit to Saudi Arabia
US inflation falls to 2.3% in April as tariff effect looms
Economists caution that much of the impact of Trump’s levies is yet to be felt
Volkswagen finance chief warns historic restructuring is not enough
Arno Antlitz tells FT car summit of the risks of complacency after reforms deliver ‘the first results’
UnitedHealth chief Andrew Witty steps down as shares plunge
US healthcare group brings back former boss Stephen Hemsley to retake the helm
UK counterterror police arrest man on suspicion of arson after Starmer fires
Metropolitan Police try to reassure MPs after three potentially related fires on property linked to PM
Kim Kardashian testifies about trauma of being robbed in Paris
US celebrity recalls 2016 burglary in which she was tied up and held at gunpoint while thieves stole €9mn worth of jewellery
Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan
Utility’s chair tells MPs that retention payments are needed to prevent rivals ‘picking off’ staff
Keir Starmer’s tough talk on immigration
To reduce inflows of foreign workers, Labour must address the shortages that drove them
Trump lauds Saudi Arabia as he unveils AI and defence deals
US president highlights enduring ‘bonds’ with the kingdom as White House hails pacts worth some $600bn
Adidas chair in re-election fight as investors plot revolt
DWS plans to vote against Thomas Rabe because of ‘repeated breach of expectations’
Trump administration terminates a further $450mn in grants to Harvard
Government had already cut $2.2bn in funding to university and US president threatened to scrap its tax-exempt status
Microsoft to axe 3% of workforce in latest round of job cuts
LinkedIn owner joins Meta and Amazon in rebalancing workforce as artificial intelligence race heats up
S&P 500 wipes out 2025 losses as stocks extend rally
Inflation data helps Wall Street benchmark rebound from 15 per cent fall sparked by Donald Trump’s tariffs
Zelenskyy to travel to Turkey for peace talks regardless of Putin’s plans
Ukrainian president puts onus on Russian counterpart to engage in Istanbul
Tory MP Patrick Spencer charged with two counts of sexual assault
Alleged offences raise prospect of potential by-election for main opposition party
Hampstead Theatre’s House of Games can’t quite pull off the hustle
An adaptation of David Mamet’s neo-noir thriller doesn’t fully persuade
Name that dune – seven perfumes with a whiff of the desert
These scents evoke heat, dust and endless sandy vistas
Almost 60% of UK women complain of financial ‘mansplaining’, survey finds
More than a quarter of those interviewed say they have been told how to budget by a man
The challenge of using excess global savings
We now seem unable to turn the surplus in some countries into productive investment elsewhere