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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has demanded the EU begin “direct discussions with Russia on a ceasefire” in the war against Ukraine. Orban also said he opposed efforts to find any consensus on Ukraine

Donald Trump has accused Volodymyr Zelenskyy of “gambling with world war three” as the US president cut short the Ukrainian leader’s long-sought meeting in the White House and told him to return “when he is ready for peace”. In a joint appearance in the Oval Office on Friday, the two leaders clashed even before the

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. International development minister Anneliese Dodds resigned on Friday in protest at Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to fund a £6bn defence spending increase by slashing the UK’s aid budget. “Ultimately, these cuts will remove food and

Donald Trump said he is working on a trade deal with the UK and suggested that Britain could escape tariffs if the countries secure one, but the allies failed to agree on US security guarantees for Ukraine. During a warm joint press conference at the White House on Thursday, the US president said his UK

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 10 per cent tariff on imports from China and press ahead with levies on Mexico and Canada from March 4. “The proposed TARIFFS

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump has threatened to slap 25 per cent tariffs on imports from the EU, as he lashed out at the bloc, saying it “was formed to screw the United States”. The remarks

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Despite the air of gloom hanging over China’s property market, work is well under way at a construction site in the north-west of Beijing. Yellow and green cranes nestle among the scaffolding, while lines of crushed limestone trail across the upturned earth. Backed by private developer Longfor, projects like this have helped power the world’s

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s largest listed companies are set to miss a target to have women in 40 per cent of top executive roles by 2025, according to a government-backed campaign to boost female representation. The FTSE

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Germany’s Friedrich Merz promised to move swiftly to unite Europe and “achieve independence” from the US after his centre-right bloc won federal elections. In an election where Germany shifted to the right, Merz’s Christian Democrats

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said for the first time that he is willing to step down as Ukraine’s president if the move secured Nato membership or lasting peace for his country. “If it brings

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Germans vote today in an election that is set to give the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its highest result and determine the future of Europe’s largest democracy at a time of acute geopolitical and

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US stocks fell the most in two months as a bout of gloomy economic data showed sentiment among consumers and businesses has cooled a month into Donald Trump’s presidency. The S&P 500 fell 1.7 per

Some of you may remember that less than a year ago this column went dark for a while. I had rushed to Sydney after my dad was knocked off his motorbike by a driver who considered red lights merely a suggestion to stop. He survived that one — just. A few weeks ago, however, when

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Kyiv’s defence intelligence unit rigged with explosives a batch of drone pilot goggles destined for use by Russians on battlefields in Ukraine, said officials with direct knowledge of the operation. The officials told the Financial

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Heidi Alexander, UK transport secretary, offered a beguiling vision this week as she unveiled Labour’s proposals to unify the country’s creaking rail services under public ownership. The government will now “sweep away decades of failure,

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Civilised societies depend on institutions. The more complex the society, the more vital those institutions. Institutions provide stability, predictability and security. Companies, schools, universities, and courts are all institutions. But the most important

US and Russian officials have started talks in Riyadh about the war in Ukraine, amid fears in Kyiv and in European capitals that Donald Trump wants to settle the conflict on Vladimir Putin’s terms. US secretary of state Marco Rubio, national security adviser Mike Waltz, and Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East,

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Senior US and Russian officials will meet in Riyadh on Tuesday for talks that the Kremlin has hailed as a step to restoring full bilateral relations and ending the Ukraine war but which

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Generative AI is a transformative technology that has the potential to redefine the nature of work. Understanding its role in the workplace, and what makes it different from past automation, requires a shift from what