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FT News Briefing

Financial Times

A rundown of the most important global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Available every weekday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FT News Briefing

Crude retreats but fuel prices stay high

How Ukrainian drone expertise is helping Colombian narcos

SpaceX outperforms in debut earnings

America’s puzzling yen intervention

Spain’s migrant crisis reopens deep EU rifts

JPMorgan walks into another football firestorm

Fed holds rates as inflation fears grow

The Big Tech earnings dilemma

Ares’ big play in private equity

Hike or hold: Investors split ahead of Fed decision

Oil hits $100 and drives global bond sell-off

US oil refineries race against dwindling supply

The US has $13bn in Venezuelan oil money. Where is it?

UK chancellor John Healey inherits tricky finances

Andy Burnham’s first day

The Bethlehem Project: American identity after 250 years

Andy Burnham ghosts the UK business community

Is China’s economic slowdown here to stay?

The EU’s push to deregulate banks

Dubai wants to bypass Strait of Hormuz

Citigroup’s ruthless remake

Rewiring sport: How technology is helping athletes break barriers

World Cup stirs up colonial past

The cost of a broken ceasefire

Marine Le Pen’s risky comeback

The Big Four’s problems Down Under

London’s push for AI sovereignty

Germany’s twin crises: football and the economy

UBS bets on the US

Why Indonesians are souring on Prabowo

US Supreme Court blocks firing of Fed governor

AI wakes up the sleepy US power sector

The Bethlehem Project: Steel’s legacy looms large

Jamie Dimon succession race narrows

European defence stocks face uncertainty

Venezuela faces world’s largest debt restructuring

What’s next for the UK after Starmer?

Starmer on brink of quitting as UK prime minister

A complicated World Cup for Iran’s diaspora

Federal Reserve gears up for change

Why Elizabeth Warren is worried about SpaceX

Extended version: Why Elizabeth Warren is worried about SpaceX

Investors celebrate US-Iran deal

US, Iran agree ceasefire deal as Trump heads to G7 summit

Political Fix: Makerfield or bust: Burnham goes for broke

World Cup ticket prices are a red card for fans

Can a correction fix Australia’s housing market?

SpaceX shoots for the moon with $1.78tn IPO

Israel’s war strategy strains relations with US

China’s President Xi visits North Korea to talk nuclear programme

Can a Mexican cartel stronghold host the World Cup?

Why foreign investors love Boston

How Deutsche Bank got its groove back

What Berkshire’s life after Buffett looks like

Intel looks to level up in AI race

SpaceX IPO ignites an investor frenzy

How Ukraine’s drones turned the tables

BP shakes up its leadership … again

Global birth rates are falling…phones are a big reason why

From “What Next”: How “Tax the Rich” Went Mainstream

Blockbuster IPOs to take Wall Street by storm

Trump’s new $1.8bn fund under fire

The EU wants a Putin whisperer

Inside a Lebanese village under Israeli occupation

Are we at the tipping point for global energy supplies?

The Bethlehem Project: Democrats battle over their party’s future

What Big Tech wants out of Trump’s China visit

Germany’s far-right boosted by stance against Iran war

UK bond vigilantes ride again

Gulf dealmaking machine hits the brakes

Starmer fights for political survival

Political Fix Election special: snap analysis

GameStop’s wild bid for eBay

LVMH looks to shrink its luxury empire

Could the US scrap quarterly reporting?

Disney’s new CEO faces first challenge

Global industries squeezed as Iran war enters third month

Introducing The Story of Money: They are history’s geniuses. But were they any good at investing?

War, inflation and how central banks are handling it all