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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 White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump has specialised in heaping scorn on America’s traditional allies since arriving in the White House, but on Thursday he adopted a strikingly new approach: lavishing praise on a “fantastic” Britain 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

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. BP will spend $10bn a year on producing more oil and gas, slash its spending on renewable energy and sell $20bn of assets as it tries to revive its share price and respond to pressure

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer told MPs on Tuesday that Britain was confronting a “world where everything has changed”, as he shredded the country’s overseas aid budget to fund a rearmament programme not seen since the cold

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world A US resolution calling for a “swift end” to the war in Ukraine passed the UN Security Council on Monday with the backing of Moscow and Beijing in a vote that dealt the

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Sir Keir Starmer has praised US President Donald Trump for changing the “global conversation” on the war in Ukraine for the better, as the British prime minister prepares for talks in the White

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Cryptocurrencies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Hackers stole about $1.5bn in crypto tokens from Bybit, in a heist the digital asset exchange described as the biggest theft to hit the industry. Ethereum coins were been taken from Bybit’s offline or “cold” wallet,

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

Donald Trump’s “minerals-for-aid” offer to Ukraine last week has put the spotlight on the country’s vast and rare mineral resources, to which Washington wants rights as payback for past military support. Ukraine has large underground deposits worth up to $11.5tn of critical minerals, including lithium, graphite, cobalt, titanium and rare earths such as gallium, that

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Richard Walker, executive chair of food retailer Iceland, has given the Labour party a lacklustre “six out of 10” for its performance in government despite having introduced Sir Keir Starmer at the launch of his

Western capitals are braced for a potentially decisive week for European security, as the US and Russia begin talks to end the war in Ukraine and European leaders hold an emergency meeting to respond to the fast-moving negotiations taking place without them. Europe’s most powerful leaders will gather in Paris on Monday for crisis talks

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Accountancy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. UK ministers are exploring further scaling back legislation aimed at reforming the audit market as they seek to ease regulation on businesses in a push to boost economic growth. Ministers overseeing the Audit Reform and Corporate

The US has asked European capitals to provide detailed proposals on the weaponry, peacekeeping troops and security arrangements they could provide Ukraine with as part of any security guarantees to end its war with Russia. The request was sent to capitals this week, four western officials briefed on the document told the FT. It came

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Social affairs myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. How on earth has Britain got itself into a situation where an assisted dying bill that will contain the strongest safeguards in the world is being presented as an attack on the vulnerable? Those of

Emmanuel Macron has described Donald Trump’s return as an “electroshock” that should force Europe to secure its own future as well as Ukraine’s. In an interview at the Élysée Palace shortly after Trump agreed with Vladimir Putin of Russia to hold imminent peace talks, the French president championed the need for Europe to “muscle up”

European officials fear they will have to bear the cost of postwar security and reconstruction as they reel from being cut out of US-Russia peace negotiations on Ukraine. Donald Trump said on Wednesday, after talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin, that their delegations would “start negotiations immediately” to end the war, blindsiding European capitals. More

President Donald Trump said Washington and Moscow will begin negotiations “immediately” on ending the war in Ukraine after speaking with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Wednesday’s call indicated a dramatic turnaround in the US-Russia relationship amid signs Washington would dial back its support for Ukraine after almost three years of war. Trump wrote on his

Holding bitcoin is cool again. President Donald Trump has vowed to make America the “crypto capital of the planet”, words that have helped supercharge the token’s price to eye-watering six-figure highs. Wall Street banks and money managers are preparing to jump in. Investors hope Trump will turn the often-derided token into a mainstream financial asset